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[3] Design for a chimneypiece, 1762
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/74
Purpose
[3] Design for a chimneypiece, 1762
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with volute stiles ornamented with patera, rosettes, and arabesques of acanthus leaves, calyx, and rosettes, with a fluted frieze, with a tablet containing an enclosed mask, festoons, bows, and military trophies, and with enclosed rosettes in the capitals, and a part profile drawn in pencil to the right-hand side
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for Lord Frederick Campbell / (and in feint pencil) [ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] / Body of Building / For Drawing [ _ _ _ ] / [ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] 4.6 / 4.0 / Black Marbling and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1762
1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 2
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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