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[51] Preliminary design for a fire grate, 1765
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/122
Purpose
[51] Preliminary design for a fire grate, 1765
Aspect
Elevation with tapering fluted legs, bun feet, a band of arabesques and anthemia along the rail, with a rosette at each end. Each leg and the fire basket are surmounted by vases, and there is a rough pencil-drawn design for a fire back, or possibly a fire screen
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Grate for the Earl of Coventry
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (289 x 406)
Hand
Adam office hand, with pencil-drawn annotations in the hand of Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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