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[80] Alternative design for a chimneypiece for the 1st drawing room (now the yellow drawing room), 1770-71
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
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- 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 22/198
Purpose
[80] Alternative design for a chimneypiece for the 1st drawing room (now the yellow drawing room), 1770-71
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with stiles ornamented with fluting, ram masks, festoons, and drops including calyx, bows, and peltoid shields, with a fluted lining, and a frieze ornamented with urns on pedestals, and medallions containing putti, connected by festoons, as executed
Scale
bar scale of 1 5/8 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Mr / Nolekins / Chimney Piece for the 1st Drawing room at Harewood (in the hand of William Adam) / 2d Design (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (405 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Harris, 2001, p. 140
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 140
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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