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[1] Preliminary design for a grate, chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND
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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
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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