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[5] Alternate design for a chimneypiece for the saloon, 1761, as executed
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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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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