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  • image SM Adam volume 54/6/17

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/6/17

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with scrolled, fluted styles and the chimney lining bordered by a band of rope moulding and enclosed anthemia. The capitals contain rosette roundels and the frieze contains a central tablet depicting an urn, which is flanked by a boarder of fret. Above the chimneypiece there is a rectangular frame, bordered by foliage(?)

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

17 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (107x132)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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