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[14] Preliminary design for the chimneypiece for the drawing room, unexecuted, November 1778
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/223
Purpose
[14] Preliminary design for the chimneypiece for the drawing room, unexecuted, November 1778
Aspect
Elevation as Adam volume 23/191 but without an elongated capital and a frieze ram masks and swags
Scale
1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
a side light / Mr Towers Drawing Room Chimney / Womens heade / insted of Rams and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- November 1778
datable to November 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (335 x 225)
Hand
Robert Adam, title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
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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