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[7] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame for the ground floor drawing room, c1774, possibly executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/167
Purpose
[7] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame for the ground floor drawing room, c1774, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of part of a chimneypiece with a stile ornamented with rosettes, swags and ram masks, surmounted by an urn supporting an anthemion, all enclosed within a border of fluting. There is a frieze of arabesques, with a central figurative tablet surmounted by a half-roundel depicting an urn flanked by reclining figures. The chimneypiece is surmounted by an overmantel mirror frame, with a stile ornamented with a base flanked by griffins, above this there is a fire screen in relief ornamented with an urn and ram masks. The capitals are ornamented with a cameo enclosed by vine leaves, and there is a frieze with a central mask also enclosed by vine leaves
Inscribed
1st Drawing Room Apsley House / 1st Drawing Room parlor story / Apsley House / and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (204 x 321)
Hand
Possibly
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
Britannia within a crowned cartouche
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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