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  • image SM Adam volume 23/115

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/115

Purpose

[11] Record copy for a chimney piece for the first-floor dressing room, 1778, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimney piece comprising moulded stiles with enclosed poppies in the capitals, and a central medallion flanked by swans, with a waterleaf cornice

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Dressing room one pair at Culean Castle / 115

Signed and dated

  • 1778
    1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (407x291)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 9
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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