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  • image SM Adam volume 22/145

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/145

Purpose

[23] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the tea pavilion, c1763-65

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with fluted volute stiles ornamented with acanthus leaves, with a plain lining, and a fluted frieze, with a tablet containing arabesques, with a mantel ornamented with dentils, and with enclosed rosettes in the capitals

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece in the Cottage at Moor Park

Signed and dated

  • 1763-1765
    date range: 1763-65

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (388 x 291)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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