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[2] Design for a chimneypiece for the dining parlour, 1769
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/263
Purpose
[2] Design for a chimneypiece for the dining parlour, 1769
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with console stiles, ornamented with laurel leaves, and above acanthus leaves and drops of calyx, with a frieze ornamented with enclosed rosettes and Greek key fret, with urns in the capitals, and a tablet ornamented with a tazza flanked by rinceaux
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the Dining Parlor / for Sir Robert Rich Baronet / (and in pencil) Body of Building D[cropped] / Front Drawing Room 3d [cropped] / Opening 4.6 / [cropped _ _ _ _ _ ] D of Bottom and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (407 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 38
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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