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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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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