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Preliminary design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/215
Purpose
Preliminary design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster styles, ornamented with rosettes and drop calyx. The frieze contains ox skulls and swags. The chimneypiece is surmounted by a mirror frame, flanked by draped figures supporting swags. The frame supports a pedestal surmounted by a basket containing foliage, flanked by draped figures
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
213
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including cerulean blue on laid paper (138x206)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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