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[89] Design for a chimney board for the Etruscan room, 1777, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/137
Purpose
[89] Design for a chimney board for the Etruscan room, 1777, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular chimney board, following the design of the left-hand side of Adam volume 24/221, and with an Etruscan colour scheme of gold and black
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney board for the Etruscan Dressing room at Osterly
Signed and dated
- June 1777
Adelphi / 2d June 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including cerulean blue, black and yellow ochre on laid paper (300 x 328)
Hand
Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume I, pp. 286-87, Volume II, Index p. 25
Stillman, 1966, pp. 59-60
Tomlin, 1972, p. 79
Beard, 1978, p. 43
Harris, 2001, p. 352
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Stillman, 1966, pp. 59-60
Tomlin, 1972, p. 79
Beard, 1978, p. 43
Harris, 2001, p. 352
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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