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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
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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