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  • image SM Adam volume 54/7/143

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/7/143

Purpose

Preliminary design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with fluted Ionic columnar styles. The chimney lining is bordered with a band of fluting and the frieze contains a figurative tablet. The chimneypiece is surmounted by a pediment, with a frieze of rosette roundels linked with swags. The tympanum contains a crest flanked by arabesques of foliage and the pediment is surmounted by urns

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (229x373)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Verso

Design for a gate with a single storey, single-bay lodge house with a pyramidal roof

Level

Drawing

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