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[103] Preliminary design for the chimneypiece for the gallery, 1777
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/201
Purpose
[103] Preliminary design for the chimneypiece for the gallery, 1777
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with robed caryatid stiles, each with one arm held aloft and supporting a festoons, with a frieze of enclosed calyx and tubular flowers, with a tablet containing an urn, flanked by half putti, and rinceaux, and with enclosed oval rosettes in the capitals
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
3d Design of a Chimney Piece for the Gallery at Harewood (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1777
Adelphi / 11t June 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (405 x 291)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Stillman, 1966. p. 103
Mauchline, 1992, p. 80
Harris, 2001, pp. 146, 149
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966. p. 103
Mauchline, 1992, p. 80
Harris, 2001, pp. 146, 149
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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