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  • image SM Adam volume 22/150

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/150

Purpose

[5] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the eating room, 1766, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with volute stiles in profile, and a frieze ornamented with rosettes enclosed within connected circles, with a tablet containing a tazza supported by rinceaux, and with enclosed rosettes in the capitals

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

For Mr Mackenzie's Eating Room / Eating Room Chimneypiece (in pencil) / 8t House (in pencil) and some measurements given in feint pencil

Signed and dated

  • 1766
    1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (436 x 269)

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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