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  • image SM Adam volume 22/249

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/249

Purpose

[5] Finished drawing for the chimneypiece in the great drawing room, 1768, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with Spalatro order pilaster stiles ornamented with scrolled hearts, and a frieze of alternating anthemia and calyx, with arabesques in the tablet

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Great Drawing room at Saltram

Signed and dated

  • 1768
    1768

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (405 x 292)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 27
For full 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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