[16] Finished drawing for alternative design for a chimneypiece for the great room, 1763, executed with minor alterations

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Bowood, Calne, Wiltshire: designs for the house, offices and park buildings, for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1761-71 (32)
    - Designs for the interior
      - Finished drawings for alternative designs for a chimneypiece for the great room, 1763, drawing 16 executed with minor alterations (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/96

Purpose

[16] Finished drawing for alternative design for a chimneypiece for the great room, 1763, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Elevation and side elevation as Adam volumes 22/94, 22/95 but with fluted Corinthian columns for stiles

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Great room at Bowood / Chimney Piece for the Great room (in pencil)

Signed and dated

1763
1763

Medium and dimensions

Pen, wash and olive green wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (369 x 245)

Hand

Different Adam office hands, possibly Agostino Scara or Benedetto Napoletano

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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