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  • image SM Adam volume 24/187

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

Level

Drawing

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