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[20] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the music room, 1770
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/180
Purpose
[20] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the music room, 1770
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with drops of calyx in the stiles, surmounted by consoles, with a frieze ornamented with lyres, and enclosed drops of calyx, and with lyres in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the Musick Room at Harewood
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (405 x292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
Mauchline, 1992, p. 75
Harris, 2001, pp. 149, 349
Harris, 2007, p. 90
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Mauchline, 1992, p. 75
Harris, 2001, pp. 149, 349
Harris, 2007, p. 90
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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