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  • image SM Adam volume 24/207

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/207

Purpose

Preliminary designs for chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Left- Elevation of a chimneypiece with a style supported by a base ornamented with acanthus leaves and an ornamental panel depicting a pedestal supporting a turned baluster and an urn. Above this there is an ox skull, patera and ram masks supporting a festoon. The capital contains a roundel depicting a sphinx and the frieze is ornamented with a band of guilloche enclosing rosettes and a band of calyx, set within semi-circular headed compartments Right- Elevation of a chimneypiece with a pilaster style with a turned base, which is ornamented with a rosette, strigilation and a band of laurel leaf tips. The pilaster is flanked by winged griffin and the capital is fluted. The frieze is ornamented with rosette roundels and a band of calyx, set within semi-circular headed compartments

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

205 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (121x196)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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