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[18] Design for a chimneypiece, 1765, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/76
Purpose
[18] Design for a chimneypiece, 1765, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with console stiles ornamented with rosettes enclosed by figure-of-eight wreaths, and a frieze ornamented with crossed swords behind an enclosed patera, and swags, and with a tablet containing an urn, arabesques, and a vine, and with a lining of guilloche
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for Charles Rogers Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) and some feint pencil inscriptions Mr Rogers
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (431 x 289)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith and William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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