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  • image SM Adam volume 24/154

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/154

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with tapering, fluted Corinthian pilaster styles, supported by pedestals. The frieze has a central tablet, ornamented with rosettes and flaked by bands of fluting. Above the chimneypiece there is an oval, figurative frame, which is flanked by winged sphinxes and pedestals, which support candle branches and urns, which suspend festoons. The oval frame is surmounted by further festoons and a frieze, which depicts rosettes and swags. Above this a central urn is flanked by winged sphinxes

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

153

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (551x418)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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