[7] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1769, thought to be executed with alterations

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Alnwick Castle, Northumberland: designs for interior decoration and buildings in the park for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1769-83 (36)
    - Alternative design, finished drawing and record drawing for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, pre-1769 and 1769, Adam volume 22/52-53 thought to be executed with alterations (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/53

Purpose

[7] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1769, thought to be executed with alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with a pointed arched opening, with a lining ornamented with beading, surmounted by enclosed ogee-topped fluting; and with stiles composed of narrow fluted and banded engaged columns with acanthus leaf capitals; and with a frieze ornamented with rosettes enclosed within connected quatrefoils

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Drawing room at Alnwick Castle

Signed and dated

1769
1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (435 x 317)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 1
Harris, 2001, p. 343
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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