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[2] Design for a chimneypiece for an unknown house, 1776, not known to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/79
Purpose
[2] Design for a chimneypiece for an unknown house, 1776, not known to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with drops of calyx hung from bows; with a frieze ornamented with festoons hung from bows and miniature rosettes, and a tablet containing an urn flanked by festoons of bellflowers hung from enclosed rosettes; and with an urn in the left-hand capital, and an oval enclosed rosette in the right-hand capital
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
design of a Chimney Piece for the Revd Mr Travell and some measurements given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- 1776
1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (407 x 293)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
GR surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
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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