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[6] Design for a chimneypiece for the dining room, 1765, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/81
Purpose
[6] Design for a chimneypiece for the dining room, 1765, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with a lining ornamented with laurel leaves, and volute stiles ornamented with enclosed rosettes, and a frieze of fluting, urns, and enclosed rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Dining room in Mr Rogers Dwelling House (in the hand of William Adam) / and a feint pencil inscriptions, and some dimensions (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (339 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith and William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
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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