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[11] Design for a chimneypiece, possibly for the back drawing room, 1766
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/167
Purpose
[11] Design for a chimneypiece, possibly for the back drawing room, 1766
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with drops of calyx hung from bows in the stiles, a fluted architrave, a frieze ornamented with enclosed rosettes, and festoons, a tablet containing a tazza, supported by acanthus leaves, and flanked by festoons hung from bows, and with urns in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/8 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for Andrew Millar Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) / (and in pencil) Mr [illegible] Drawing Room / 8t House / Back Parlor and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (391 x 242)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 43
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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