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  • image SM Adam volume 22/19

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/19

Purpose

[7] Record drawing for variant designs for a chimneypiece, 1760, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation and profile of a chimneypiece with stiles ornamented with beading, bead and reel, acanthus leaves, a frieze of arabesques and a tablet. There is also a large tripartite overmantel articulated by terms, and with each compartment containing a relieving arch supported by engaged Doric columns, masks and arabesques. The overmantel is surmounted by four large acorns

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/10 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for Lord Digby

Signed and dated

  • 1760
    1760

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (291 x 406)

Hand

Adam office hand

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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