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  • image SM Adam volume 24/176

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/176

Purpose

Preliminary designs for chimneypieces, ND

Aspect

Above- Elevation of a chimneypiece with a frieze ornamented with rosette roundels. The mantel has a central tablet ornamented with rosettes and swags and this is surmounted by a gadrooned urn, flanked by winged sphinxes Below- Elevation of a chimneypiece with a Corinthian pilaster styles ornamented with panels depicting pedestals, which support draped figures

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

174 / cropped inscription

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (284x210)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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