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The ceiling of this room is comparable to that in the gallery at Syon, and, as at Syon, the ceiling was unfashionably low, and Adam was required to install a low dado and low furniture to try and improve the proportions of the room.
The chimneypiece design shown in Adam volume 22/131 was executed with alterations, most notably with an alternative frieze. This is the only Adam chimneypiece in the house which remains in its original position.
Adam designed the furniture for this room in 1771, and there is a drawing for the legs and frieze of the pier tables at the house.
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Contents of Designs for a chimneypiece for the great drawing room, 1763, 1765, Adam voluke 22/131 executed with alterations (2)
- [9] Design for a chimneypiece for the great drawing room, 1763, executed with alterations
- [10] Design for a chimneypiece for the great drawing room, 1765, unexecuted