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[8] Design for a chimneypiece for the back parlour, 1765, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/78
Purpose
[8] Design for a chimneypiece for the back parlour, 1765, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with volute stiles ornamented with rosettes, calyx, and drops of bell flowers, and a frieze ornamented with festoons, bows, enclosed rosettes, and a tablet containing an urn, festoons, and bows
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
For Charles Robert Esqr / Chimney Piece for Mr Rogers (in a later hand)
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (409 x 283)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
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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