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[7] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the dining room, 1766-67, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/170
Purpose
[7] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the dining room, 1766-67, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with fluted console stiles ornamented with beading, and drops of calyx, with a lining ornamented with acanthus leaves, and laurel leaf tips, with a frieze ornamented with peltoid shields, bows, and festoons, and a tablet containing an urn-filled with flowers, rosettes, and arabesques, and with a mantel ornamented with acanthus leaves, and dentils
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney piece for the Dining room at Ugbrooke (in pen in the hand of William Adam) / (and in pencil) Lord Clifford's Dining room Chimney / 3d House / River front / Back Parlor and some dimensions given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (415 x 287)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Notes
The pencil inscription on this drawing, 3d House / River front / Back Parlor, suggests that Adam had intended to reuse the design at the Adelphi, as was the case with various other chimneypiece designs of the 1760s. In this case it was clearly intended for use in the back parlour of 3 Royal Terrace. Contrary to the inscription, however, the design does not correspond with Adam’s extant chimneypiece deign for that room (Adam volume 24/28), although the frieze was reproduced in the chimneypieces designs for the back parlour at 9 Royal Terrace (Adam volume 24/42), and the back drawing room at 4 Royal Terrace (Adam volume 24/34).
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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