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Unfinished preliminary designs for chimneypiece, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/169
Purpose
Unfinished preliminary designs for chimneypiece, ND
Aspect
Left- Elevation of a chimneypiece with Corinthian pilaster styles, capitals containing rosette roundels and a frieze with a central tablet. The tablet contains a gadrooned urn, flanked by festoons and rosettes and it is flanked by bands of fluting
Right- Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster styles, capitals containing masks and a frieze ornamented with rosettes and arabesques
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
167 / [________] (pencil) / Corinthian (pencil) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (196x321)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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