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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/190
Purpose
Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with a style ornamented with a base embellished with a band of laurel leaf tips and a rosette roundel, flanked by griffin. Above this a draped figure is set within a niche and flanked by bands of drop calyx, with ram masks above. The capitals contain a mask set within a roundel and the chimney lining is ornamented with laurel leaf tips
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
188
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (215x204)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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