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[13] 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 23/191
Purpose
[13] Preliminary design for the chimneypiece for the drawing room, unexecuted, November 1778
Aspect
Elevation with a figurative tablet, one medallion capital, the other elongated and containing an urn, and one stile ornamented with rams mask, drops of calyx and a peltoid shield
Scale
1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Drawing room / Mr Towers
Signed and dated
- November 1778
datable to November 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (325 x 238)
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This chimneypiece was drawn onto a larger sheet with more than one drawing on it and then cropped. We can see this as there is the 'A' of another signature and '12t' of another date.
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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