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[32] Design for the chimneypiece for the dining room, 1762, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/42
Purpose
[32] Design for the chimneypiece for the dining room, 1762, executed with alterations
Aspect
Detail of plan, elevation and side elevation of a chimneypiece with stiles with volutes to the side and front, a lining ornamented with festoons, a frieze with a central urn flanked by sphinxes, arabesques and birds, military trophies in the capitals, and with a Corinthian aedicular overmantel ornamented withfans in the stylobate, a frieze of anthemia, a pediment with acroteria and an urn in the tympanum, and containing a figurative panel within a frame ornamented with arabesques and festoons. The plan shows a segmental recess for the grate
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Dining room at Sion / The P[ _ _ _ ] Relief 4.6 (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1762
1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (314 x 471)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or Agostino Brunias
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
Stillman, 1966, p. 65
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, p. 65
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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