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[101] Design for the chimneypiece for the gallery, 1776
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/200
Purpose
[101] Design for the chimneypiece for the gallery, 1776
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with stiles ornamented with ram masks, a large enclosed acanthus leaf, a festoon, and a rectangular panel containing a drop including a mask, bows, and an urn, with a lining ornamented with enclosed rosettes, and figure-of-eight foliage, and with a frieze ornamented with rinceaux, incorporating palmettes and tubular flowers, urns, and festoons of beading, and with masks enclosed within oval patera in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
2d Design of a Chimney Piece for the Gallery at Harewood (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- June 1776
Adelphi / 22d June 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (406 x 290)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, title inscriptions 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
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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