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[3] Design for a chimneypiece for the salon, 1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/149
Purpose
[3] Design for a chimneypiece for the salon, 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation and profile of a chimneypiece with fluted volute stiles, a frieze ornamented with octagonal coffering enclosing rosettes, with a tablet containing an enclosed rosette flanked by peltoid shields, and urns on tripod pedestals connected by festoons, and with enclosed rosettes in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for Mr Mackenzie's Salon (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / For Mackenzie [ _ _ _ _ _ ] (in feint pencil)and some measurements in feint pencil
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (407 x 277)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
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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