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[10] Design for a chimneypiece for the octagonal dressing room, possibly as executed, c1786
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/173
Purpose
[10] Design for a chimneypiece for the octagonal dressing room, possibly as executed, c1786
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with tapering, fluted herm stiles with volutes ornamented with a rosette and anthemion, and capitals ornamented with fluting. The frieze contains a crossed knife and urn, enclosed within a wreath and flanked by rosettes. This is surmounted by a band of acanthus leaves
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Mr Hamilton Brighton (pencil) / 173
Signed and dated
- c1786
c1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (409 x 295)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
GR surmounted by fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
McKean (ed.), 2017, p. 18
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
McKean (ed.), 2017, p. 18
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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