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Preliminary design, unfinished design, record drawing and four working drawings for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777 (7)
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Preliminary design, unfinished design, record drawing and four working drawings for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777 (7)
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This beautiful marble chimneypiece with inlaid scagliola ornament must have been the 'centre of attraction' on the south wall of the great drawing room (Harris). Adam volume 22/276 and 22/277 are variants of one another, and it is Adam volume 22/277 that represents the overall chimneypiece as executed. It can be seen in photographs, taken in 1913, stripped of its fluted frieze and coloured scagliola ornaments. The effect of the original can only be visualised from these colour-washed drawings.
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Contents of Preliminary design, unfinished design, record drawing and four working drawings for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777 (7)
- [23] Preliminary design for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777
- [24] Unfinished design for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777
- [25] Record drawing for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777
- [26] Working drawing for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777
- [27] Working drawing for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777
- [28] Working drawing for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777
- [29] Working drawing for the chimneypiece for the great drawing room, as executed 1777