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[24] Rough preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the Chinese room, c1771-72, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/243
Purpose
[24] Rough preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the Chinese room, c1771-72, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of an elaborate chimneypiece ornamented with landscape tiles, half figures, arabesques, swags, enclosed anthemia, stiff leaf, and a central semicircular panel of mirror
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Glass
Signed and dated
- 1771-72
datable to 1771-72
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on wove paper (267 x 216)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Bryant, 1990, p. 38
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 115
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Bryant, 1990, p. 38
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 115
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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