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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/155

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a grate, chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a grate, set within a semi-circular headed heath ornamented with rosettes and festoons of husks. The grate is set within a chimneypiece and the left-hand Doric pilaster style is ornamented with a panel containing a pedestal, which supports an urn with arabesques and tubular flowers above. The right-hand style is in the form of a caryatid. The capitals alternately contain a rosette roundel and an urn. The chimneypiece is surmounted by a circular mirror frame, which is surmounted by festoons and flanked by figures. The frame is flanked by tripods, with tapering legs ornamented with drop calyx. Above the mirror frame there is a central clock flanked by figures, which support a pedestal bearing an urn. The clock is flanked by further urns

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (461x263)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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