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  • image SM Adam volume 22/64

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/64

Purpose

[43] Design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1765, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with piers ornamented with diminishing figure of eight husks surmounted by masks and the frieze is ornamented with vases, swags, peltoid shields, and rosettes

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

another Design for a Chimney piece

Signed and dated

  • 1765
    1765

Medium and dimensions

(Adam volume 22/64-65) Pen and wash on laid paper (228 x 405)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

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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