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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
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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