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[1] Design for a chimneypiece for the hall, 1764, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/136
Purpose
[1] Design for a chimneypiece for the hall, 1764, as executed
Aspect
Elevation and profile of a chimneypiece, with fluted, volute stiles, ornamented with beading, rosettes, and calyx, with a lining ornamented with acanthus leaves, with a fluted frieze, and a tablet containing an urn, with a mantel ornamented with dentils, and with enclosed rosettes in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Hall at Kippington House for Sir Charles Farnaby Bart / £90 (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1764
1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (407 x 291)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 20
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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