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[3] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the Hall (now the morning room), 1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/169
Purpose
[3] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the Hall (now the morning room), 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with fluted volute stiles ornamented with beading, with a lining ornamented with laurel leaf tips, with a fluted frieze, with a mantel ornamented with fluting, and egg and dart moulding, and with enclosed rosettes in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Hall at Ugbrooke (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (424 x 279)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
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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