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[2] Design for a chimneypiece for a room on the first storey of an unknown house, possible the back drawing room or dining room, 1783; it is not known if this design was executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/159
Purpose
[2] Design for a chimneypiece for a room on the first storey of an unknown house, possible the back drawing room or dining room, 1783; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with rosettes enclose within figure-of-eight drops of calyx hung from bows; and with a plain lining, a frieze ornamented with anthemia connected by strigils; and with tripod perfume burners in the capitals (verso) rough pencil-drawn preliminary design showing the same chimneypiece as on the recto
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney piece for the one pair room at Mr Nettleship’s / Back drawing room (in pencil) / [ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] (in pencil) and some measurements given (verso) Dining room (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 21/06/1783
Adelphi / 21st. June 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (427 x 288)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Robert Morison
Watermark
IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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