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Preliminary design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND
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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
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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