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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/216

Purpose

[17] Design for a chimneypiece for the bedchamber, 1769

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with volute stiles ornamented with rosettes, calyx, and busts, with a lining ornamented with acanthus leaves, with a frieze ornamented with enclosed paterae, urns, drops of bell flowers, and a tablet containing an oval medallion, flanked by runs, and with a mantel ornamented with acanthus leaves, and dentils

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Bed Chamber at Robt Child Esqrs in Berkly Square

Signed and dated

  • 1769
    1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (408 x 292)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 35
For a full list of literature references 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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