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[36] Design for a chimneypiece for Lady Coventry's octagonal dressing room, 1766, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/70
Purpose
[36] Design for a chimneypiece for Lady Coventry's octagonal dressing room, 1766, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation with volute piers surmounted by panels containing a torch and quiver of arrows crossed. There is also a band of figure-of-eight husks. The frieze is ornamented with half figures, arabesques and a central figurative oval panel, probably depicting Venus and Cupid
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/5 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney piece for Lady Coventry's Dressing room
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (406 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Stillman, 1966, p. 91
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 91
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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