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[5] Design for a chimney piece for the eating room, 1778, as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/108
Purpose
[5] Design for a chimney piece for the eating room, 1778, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimney piece comprising stiles adorned with urns, calyx, and cascading enclosed rosettes, terminating in urns on pedestals, with enclosed rosettes bound by a wreath and calyx batons in the capitals, and a frieze comprising three urns with festoons with enclosed rosette drops in between. There is a sketch elevation for an alternative stile comprising a tall pedestal adorned with a mask with festoons and cascading husks enclosing rosettes, surmounted by an urn and a fluted capital with egg and dart moulding and ram head masks
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Eating room at Culean Castle / (in pencil) X Mrs [_ _ _ _ _ _]
Signed and dated
- 1778
1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (408x292)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Notes
This chimneypiece was executed with the alternative stile decoration. It was relocated to the former library/study in the 1870s by Wardrop and Reid when the room was converted into a large dining room with the adjoining dressing room, and the eating room converted into a library.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 9
Harris, 2001, pp. 329-330
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, pp. 329-330
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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