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  • image SM Adam volume 54/7/10

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/7/10

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Left- Elevation of a chimneypiece with styles formed with scrolls, which terminate in acanthus leaves. The frieze is ornamented with a band of laurel leaf tips and a band of rosette roundels and swags. The mantel is bordered with a band of acanthus leaves Right- Elevation of a cornice ornamented with a band of acanthus leaves and bands of fluting

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (216x84)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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