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[41] Design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1765, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/66
Purpose
[41] Design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1765, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation with piers ornamented with diminishing drops surmounted by a vase, and bands of egg and dart, acanthus and tongue, fluting and cable moulding. The frieze is ornamented with rosettes, swags and husks and bands of dentil and laurel leaf moulding
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/10 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Anti room at Lord Coventry's in Piccadilly
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (378 x 295)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
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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