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[4] Design for a chimneypiece for Sir Charles's bedchamber, 1764
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/139
Purpose
[4] Design for a chimneypiece for Sir Charles's bedchamber, 1764
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with plain stiles, with a lining ornamented with rosettes enclosed by cusps, with a frieze ornamented with calyx, rosettes, and arabesques, with a tablet containing a mask, and swags, and with a mantel ornamented with egg and dart moulding, and laurel leaf tips, and with pencil-drawn annotations to the left-hand side
Scale
bar scale of 1 1 /4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for Sr Charles Farnaby's Bed Chamber at Kippington (in pen) / (and in pencil) Corinth pillar / Wood Carving £7.15.0 / Marble chimney £10.0.0 / £17.15.0 and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1764
1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (341 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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