Design for a chimneypiece for the eating room (now the library), 1774, as executed (1)

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Apsley House, Piccadilly, London: plans, elevations, section and designs for the interior, and an elevation for the gatehouse, for the 2nd Earl Bathurst, 1771-1779 (56)

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Design for a chimneypiece for the eating room (now the library), 1774, as executed (1)

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This chimneypiece designed for the eating room (now the library) survives in situ and adheres closely to the design. Harris notes that this piece bears close resemblance to a design by Piranesi for the 9th Earl of Exeter for Burghley House, published in his book on chimneypieces Diverse maniere d’adornare I cammini (1769).

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