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  • image SM Adam volume 54/6/23

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/6/23

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with alternative Doric pilaster styles. The left-hand style is fluted and ornamented with ram masks suspending a festoon. The right-hand style is scrolled and ornamented with a fan. The capitals contain rosette roundels and the frieze has a central tablet, which is flanked by fluting. The chimney lining is alternatively bordered by a band of Vitruvian scroll and a band of rope moulding

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

23 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (92x79)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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