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  • image SM Adam volume 24/148

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/148

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with a tapering Doric pilaster style, supported by paw feet. The style is ornamented with a panel containing an urn, surmounted by a band of scrolled hearts. Above this there are ram masks, with rosettes and festoons in between. The capital contains a tablet ornamented with a half-putto, flanked by arabesques. The frieze has a central blank tablet, with a band of dentils above

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

148

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (223x204)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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