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[56] Design for a chimneypiece for the state bed chamber (now Princess Mary's sitting room), 1767
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
- Harewood House, Yorkshire: designs for alterations to the church and house; for the interior decoration; and for a greenhouse and gateway for Edwin Lascelles, 1759-1782 (121)
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/188
Purpose
[56] Design for a chimneypiece for the state bed chamber (now Princess Mary's sitting room), 1767
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneyypiece with anthemia enclosed by coin moulding in the stiles, surmounted by consoles, with a frieze of festoons, bows, and trophies, with a tablet containing winged putti flanking an altar, and with masks in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the State Bed Chamber at Harewood House and some dimensions (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1767
1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (406 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Harris, 2001, p. 154
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 154
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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