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  • image SM Adam volume 22/17

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/17

Purpose

[78] Alternative design for a chimneypiece for the dining room, 1760

Aspect

Elevation with herm stiles, with festoon sashes and claw feet, a lining ornamented with a vine, and a grotesque tablet

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for Kedleston

Signed and dated

  • 1760
    1760

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (302 x 287)

Hand

Adam office hand

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Beard, 1978, p. 39
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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