[9] Design for a chimney piece for the second drawing room, 1778, as executed

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/113

Purpose

[9] Design for a chimney piece for the second drawing room, 1778, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with stiles adorned with scrolled foliage on calyx pairs, surmounted by enclosed rosettes with swags, followed by pairs of sphinxes, and anthemion, with medallions in the capitals with rosettes, with a central panel containing an urn flanked by half-figures, and a frieze containing urns with poppies enclosed by olive leaf arches and calyx pairs, with a dentilled cornice and moulded mantel above

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the second Drawing room at Culean Castle / 113

Signed and dated

1778
1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (407x293)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

J WHATMAN

Notes

This chimneypiece had to be relocated from the north wall to the east wall during Adam’s 1787 alterations to accommodate a central doorway to open onto the new staircase.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 8
Harris, 2001, p. 327
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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