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Reference number

SM Adam volume 27/64

Purpose

[24] Preliminary design for the chimney wall for the dining room, c1761-62, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation with a central chimney with volute stiles and a festoon frieze, and a figurative overmantel supporting a bust, flanked on either side by sculpture-filled niches and aedicular doors. The wall is ornamented with festoons and rectangular figurative panels

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Side of the Great Dining Room

Signed and dated

  • 1761-62
    datable to c1761-62

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (242 x 156)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature reference 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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