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[1] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the dining room of a house, 1777, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/85
Purpose
[1] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the dining room of a house, 1777, executed status unknown
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with moulded lining, plain stiles with capitals adorned with beaded moulding and enclosed urns, with a frieze decorated with calyx and anthemion with a central panel containing a basket flanked by urns on decorative pedestals, and a moulded cornice
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for Mr Brown’s Dining room at Aikenhead / Wood / Marble with some dimensions / (and in a curator’s hand) 85
Signed and dated
- 9/8/1777
Adelphi / 9& Aug.st 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (364x257)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Jospeh Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly Jospeh Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 1
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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