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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/168

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece alternatively ornamented. The left-hand style is ornamented with a T-shaped panel, embellished with a pedestal, which supports a turned, fluted baluster, surmounted by a tubular flower flanked by swags. The panel is flanked by roundels containing masks, which suspend drop calyx. The capital contains a figurative oval tablet, which is surrounded by calyx and the mantelpiece is surmounted by a winged sphinx. The right-hand style is ornamented with a draped figure, with a shield-shaped compartment above. Above this there is a figurative roundel, which is flanked by masks, which suspend drop calyx. The capital contains a band of enclosed anthemion and the mantelpiece is surmounted by a gadrooned urn, ornamented with a cameo and flanked by sphinxes. The frieze contains rosette roundels, flanked by arabesques and set semi-circular headed compartments

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

166 / 2.d Drawing Room (pencil crossed through)

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (194x202)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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