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[30] Preliminary design for a chimney board for Lord Mansfield's dressing room, c1779
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/182 verso
Purpose
[30] Preliminary design for a chimney board for Lord Mansfield's dressing room, c1779
Aspect
Rough elevation of a square chimney board, with a central circular compartment enclosed by a wreath, and containing a figurative medallion, supported by a pedestal ornamented with ram masks, and surmounted by an urn containing flowers, and flanked by festoons and drops
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
for drawing room at Kenwood and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1779
datable to c1779
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (231 x 206)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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