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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/162

Purpose

[13] Design for a chimneypiece for a bedroom, 1766, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with volute stiles, a fluted frieze, a tablet as in Adam volume 22/161, and with tubular flowers supported by turned pedestals in the capitals
  • image SM Adam volume 22/162

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Bed Chamber (in pencil) / Chimney Piece for Mr Mackenzie's Bed Chamber

Signed and dated

  • 1766
    1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 256)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
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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