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Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/187
Purpose
Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with a Doric pilaster styles ornamented with a figurative roundel, which supports a tapering baluster, a tablet and a cameo set within a shield-shaped compartment. Above this there is a roundel depicting an urn. The frieze contains a central figurative tablet and this is flanked by half-patera set within semi-circular bands of beading
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
185 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (220x203)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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