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  • image SM Adam volume 24/161

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/161

Purpose

[39] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the middle bedroom, executed with alterations, 1783

Aspect

Rough elevation of a chimneypiece, with paired Ionic pilaster stiles, a fluted frieze, a figurative tablet, and an oval medallion in the capital

Scale

to a rough scale

Inscribed

some measurements given (in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • 1783
    datable to 1783

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (283 x 217)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

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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