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Designs for a chimneypiece for the drawing room (now the library), as executed, 1759 (2)
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Designs for a chimneypiece for the drawing room (now the library), as executed, 1759 (2)
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Hussey notes that this design reflects Piranesi's early influence on Adam with its use of conspicuously Roman motifs. The executed chimneypiece remains in situ in the library, on the south-east corner of the ground floor.
The pencil inscription in Robert Adam's hand on drawing 8 suggests that the use of this room was changed from being a drawing room to a library during the process of decoration.
The pencil inscription in Robert Adam's hand on drawing 8 suggests that the use of this room was changed from being a drawing room to a library during the process of decoration.
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Contents of Designs for a chimneypiece for the drawing room (now the library), as executed, 1759 (2)
- [8] Design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room (now the library), as executed, 1759
- [9] Design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room (now the library), as executed, 1759