[5] Alternate design for a chimneypiece for the saloon, 1761, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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    - Buckingham House (later Buckingham Palace), The Mall, London: designs for the interior, an illumination, rebuilding the palace, and a pianoforte, for King George III and Queen Charlotte, 1761-1763, and 1780 (25)
      - Alternate designs and record drawings for a chimneypiece for the saloon, 1761 (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/58

Purpose

[5] Alternate design for a chimneypiece for the saloon, 1761, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with volute stiles ornamented with acanthus leaves, and with pencil-drawn acanthus leaf annotations, and a lining ornamented with egg and dart moulding, a frieze with a central crown held by two winged half putti with arabesque tails incorporating a half lion and a half unicorn, and with rosettes enclosed by wreaths in the capitals, as executed

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Design of a Chimney Piece for His Majesty

Signed and dated

1761
1761

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (459 x 311)

Hand

Adam office hand

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 35
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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