[1] Design for a chimneypiece, ND

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  - Whitton Place, Richmond upon Thames, London: survey drawings for a tower and chimneypiece for Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, ND (3)
    - Design for a chimneypiece for the Duke of Argyll, (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/107

Purpose

[1] Design for a chimneypiece, ND

Aspect

Elevation, section and profile of a chimneypiece with moulded lining decorated with enclosed anthemion and bead and reel, with stiles adorned and volute capitals decorated with acanthus drops, and an arabesque frieze with eagle heads, with a central tablet containing a festooned mask, with a cornice with egg and dart moulding above

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

For His Grace the Duke of Argyle with some dimensions / (verso) (in pencill) 24

Signed and dated

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (442x296)

Watermark

LVG surmounted by a cartouche with a fleur de lis above

Notes

In the opinion of A. A. Tait, this drawing relates in time and place or subject to those contained in Adam volume 7. It is possible that this drawing came from the Office of John and James Adam. In c.1755 they designed chimneypieces for Inveraray Castle in Argyll, Scotland, which were later removed by the 5th Duke of Argyll to Roseneath in Dumbartonshire, another Argyll house. Some were returned to Inveraray in 1952 when Roseneath was demolished (see I. G. Lindsay & M. Cosh, inveraray and the Dukes of Argyll, Edinburgh, 1973, pp.15 and 362, n.191; a similar composition to this one is illustrated on p.219).

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 52
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

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