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  • image SM Adam volume 24/183

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/183

Purpose

Preliminary designs for chimneypieces, ND

Aspect

Above- Elevation of a chimneypiece, with Doric pilaster styles and an acanthus leaf base. The capital contains an urn set within a wreath, from which suspends festoons and wreaths containing rosettes. The frieze is ornamented with an oval figurative tablet, flanked by griffin and set within a festoon band Below- Elevation of a chimneypiece with a Doric pilaster style, with an ornamental panel, which depicts a pedestal ornamented with ram masks and swags. The pedestal supports an urn embellished with gadrooning and anthemion and this is surmounted by winged griffins and a baluster supporting a further urn. The urn is flanked by festoons of beading, which suspend figurative roundels. The ornamental panels are flanked by bands of enclosed rosettes. The capital contains a figurative roundel and a panel depicting a calyx supporting an anthemion

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

181

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (284x214)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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