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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.

Level

Drawing

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