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  • image SM Adam volume 22/30

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/30

Purpose

[18] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the large parlour, executed with alterations, 1761

Aspect

Part plan, elevation and profile with double volute stiles, bay leaf frieze, blank tablet, and a pedimented overmantel containing a blank roundel

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the large Parlor at Shardeloes

Signed and dated

  • 1761
    1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (289 x 405)

Hand

Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, index p. 28
Stillman, 1966, pp. 62, 91
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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