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[13] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for an unknown room, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 27/40
Purpose
[13] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for an unknown room, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Unfinished elevation of a chimneypiece, with a pointed arched lining, ornamented with trefoil-headed fluting, and enclosed rosettes, and supported by thin paired pilasters; and with stiles ornamented with trefoil-headed sculpture-filled niches, one above the other; and with a frieze of triangles enclosing rosettes, within lobed trefoil-shaped frames, and alternating with anthemia
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Chimney for Alnwick
Signed and dated
- 1769-70
datable to c1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (418 x 478)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 1
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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