[11] Working drawing for the chimneypiece in the great dining room in an Etruscan style, presumed to have been executed, 1780

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Cumberland House, 86 Pall Mall, London: designs for the interior, and additions to the house for the Duke of Cumberland, August 1780 - January 1788 (69)
      - Designs for the interior decoration, including the great dining room, music room, eating room, drawing rooms and boudoir (59)
        Preliminary designs, a finished drawing, and working drawings for the chimneypiece in the great dining room in an Etruscan style, presumed to have been executed, 1780 (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/253

Purpose

[11] Working drawing for the chimneypiece in the great dining room in an Etruscan style, presumed to have been executed, 1780

Aspect

Elevation of a full size detail of a stile as in Adam volume 23/148

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Pilaster for the Great Dining room Chimney piece at Cumberland House

Signed and dated

October 1780
Adelphi / 20 October 1780

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including yellow ochre and black on laid paper (1069 x 266)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi. Title inscription in the hand of Robert Adam

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Stillman, 1966, pp. 78, 95
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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