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[7] Design for a chimneypiece for the front room, 1765, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/84
Purpose
[7] Design for a chimneypiece for the front room, 1765, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with a lining ornamented with two bands of laurel leaves, and a frieze ornamented with anthemia, and calyx
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for Charles Rogers Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) / Mr Rogers (in pencil) / Front Room [then feint illegible words] of Stairs (in pencil), and some dimensions given (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (402 x 283)
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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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