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[5] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for General Skinner's bedchamber, c1767, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/239
Purpose
[5] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for General Skinner's bedchamber, c1767, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece without stiles, with a lining ornamented with cusps, and laurel leaf tips, with a frieze ornamented with calyx, and anthemia enclosed by scrolled hearts, and with a mantel ornamented with laurel leaf tips, and egg and dart moulding
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the Bed Chamber / for General Skinner at Fort George (in pen) / For General Skinner at Fort George (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1767
datable to c1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (451 x 281)
Hand
James Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
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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