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[28] Alternative design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1763, executed with minor alterations
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/128
Purpose
[28] Alternative design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1763, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Part plan, elevation and profile of a chimneypiece, with engaged Ionic column stiles, an architrave ornamented with laurel leaves, a frieze of rosettes and swags, with a tablet containing a tazza, and with enclosed rosettes in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Drawing Room / at Hatch House and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1763
1763
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (304 x 260)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
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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