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  • image SM Adam volume 54/6/5

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/6/5

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a rustic chimneypiece with tapering Doric columnar styles, wrapped in ivy. The chimney hearth is comprised of rusticated stone work resembling a grotto and the frieze contains a central pedimented tablet depicting an urn and this is flanked by bands of Vitruvian scroll(?) The chimneypiece is surmounted by an oval mirror frame surrounded by foliage and the frame is flanked by candle branches in the form of arabesque foliage

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

5

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (68x82)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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