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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/117

Purpose

[13] Record copy for the second-floor east bed chamber, 1778, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece comprising consoles in the stiles terminating in calyx drops, with cameos in the capitals and a plain frieze with a central, oval medallion with a cameo bound by calyx and festoons, with a moulded cornice above and a mantel containing guilloche

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the East Bed Chamber two pair Story / at Culean Castle (underwritten in pencil) / (in pencil) B. C. P. P / plain pilaster / (in pen) 117

Signed and dated

  • 1778
    1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406x292)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

J WHATMAN

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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