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  • image SM Adam volume 24/63

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/63

Purpose

Design for a chimneypiece, 1777

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with tapering styles, which are supported by pedestals ornamented with rosettes and strigilation. The styles depict paired, winged griffins and are surmounted by bands of fluting. The capitals contain arabesques supporting anthemia and calyx. The frieze is ornamented with masks, set within roundels and above this there is a band of fluting and calyx, set within semi-circular-headed compartments. The mantel is ornamented with a band of dentils, a band of laurel leaf tips and a band of enclosed anthemia

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¾ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

63

Signed and dated

  • 1777
    1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (290x406)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Level

Drawing

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