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Preliminary design for a chimneypiece and an overmantel mirror frame, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/6/7
Purpose
Preliminary design for a chimneypiece and an overmantel mirror frame, ND
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster styles, with ornamental panels depicting scales and capitals containing rosette roundels. The frieze is ornamented with a band of enclosed anthemia and the chimney lining is bordered by a band of fluting. The chimneypiece is surmounted by an ornamental feature in the form of a Roman sarcophagus, with fluted pilasters and scrolled styles. The base of the sarcophagus had a band of Vitruvian scroll and above this the central panel has a figurative roundel, flanked by rosettes, festoons and strigilation. The sarcophagus is surmounted by a pedestal supporting an urn and this is flanked by scrolls, reclining figures and busts, which have been crossed through
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
7
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (190x214)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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