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[88] Design for a chimneypiece for the 2nd drawing room (now the cinnamon drawing room), 1771
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/197
Purpose
[88] Design for a chimneypiece for the 2nd drawing room (now the cinnamon drawing room), 1771
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with drops including calyx, and peltoid shields in the stiles, surmounted by consoles ornamented with ram masks, with a fluted lining, and with a frieze ornamented with rosettes, and urns on pedestals connected by festoons, and with enclosed patera in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 5/8 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the first Drawing room at Harewood / 1st Design (all in the hand of William Adam) / 2d (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 291)
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. 144
Leach and Pevsner, 2009, p. 303
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 144
Leach and Pevsner, 2009, p. 303
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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