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[1] Design for a chimneypiece, 1777, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/84
Purpose
[1] Design for a chimneypiece, 1777, executed status unknown
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with a moulded lining, flanked by stiles ornamented with masks and drops of rosettes enclosed in beaded roundels with bows, and with a frieze containing rinceau with a central panel comprising a scene of a woman on a chariot surrounded by figures, flanked by urns with drops of husks, and a mantel ornamented with laurel leaf tips and dentils
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Honble Charles Hope Weir
Signed and dated
- 1777
Adelphi 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (407x293)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 55
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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