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[1] Design for a chimneypiece for an unknown house, 1776, not known to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/78
Purpose
[1] Design for a chimneypiece for an unknown house, 1776, not known to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with a drop of wheat sheaves and vines on the left-hand side, and a drop of calyx hung from a bow on the right-hand side; with a fluted frieze with a tablet containing an urn, and with oval enclosed rosettes in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the Rev.d Mr Travell and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1776
1776.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (405 x 293)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
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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