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[17] Design for an overmantel frame for the great room, c1763, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/74
Purpose
[17] Design for an overmantel frame for the great room, c1763, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a square frame with a volute top and central anthemion, the frame ornamented with fluting and arabesques, an apron of festoons, and on the left-hand side is a volute supporting a female head
Scale
1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Pannell over the Chimneys in the Great Room / at Bowood / Scale an Inch to a foot
Signed and dated
- 1763
datable to c1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (238 x 276)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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