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  • image SM Adam volume 23/161

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/161

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design of a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, 1783, possibly as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with stiles ornamented with patera, figure-of-eight wreaths, and beading, a frieze of medallions containing military trophies and enclosed by wreaths, and oval figurative medallions in the capitals. The chimneypiece is surmounted by a segmental-headed arched overmantel mirror frame ornamented with terms, a medallion containing three putti, festoons, and swags of fringed drapery

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Chimney Piece & Glass for Mrs Cornwall Portland Place and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1783
    1783

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including cerulean blue and Indian yellow on laid paper (293 x 442)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly James Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 45
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
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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