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  • image SM Adam volume 24/170

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/170

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster styles, ornamented with masks set within shield-shaped compartments, paterae and drop calyx. The capitals contain rosette roundels and the frieze has a central tablet ornamented with an urn, set within an oval band and surrounded by rosettes. The tablet is flanked by a band of fluting, set within semi-circular headed compartments. The chimneypiece is surmounted by a mirror frame, with paired, tapering term styles, which suspend festoons. The frame is surmounted by a central figurative roundel, which bears a basket of fruit and it is flanked by reclining figures. Beyond this tripods support urns

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

168 / marble (pencil) / Dressing & Glass frame (pencil) / all in Wood painted- (pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (308x190)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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