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  • image SM Adam volume 54/7/1

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/7/1

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Doric pilaster styles containing panels ornamented with scales. The chimney lining is bordered by fluting and the capitals contain rosettes. The frieze has a central tablet, ornamented with a figurative roundel, flanked by strigilation and draped figures. Above this there is a band of laurel leaf tips and a band of acanthus leaves

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

8 (pencil)

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on verso of a playing card (94x64)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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