[40] Preliminary design for a fire grate for the great drawing room, c1799, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Hill Street, number 31 (later 17), London, designs for a rear elevation, interiors and furniture, for Sir Abraham Hume, 1778-1780 (64)
      - Design for a chimneypiece and designs for a fire grate for the great drawing room, 1779 (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/209

Purpose

[40] Preliminary design for a fire grate for the great drawing room, c1799, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a fire grate with fluted legs, capitals containing swags, cameos and beading, and a frieze of fans. The fire grate has turned bars and stiles ornamented with a band of enclosed anthemia. The stiles are surmounted by urns, and the grate is flanked by a pedestal bearing a lamp, ornamented with gadrooning and festoons, and this in turn is flanked by further urns

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Sir Abraham Humes Great Room / 207 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1779
c1799

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (200 x 139)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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