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[17] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the little dressing room, 1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/155
Purpose
[17] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the little dressing room, 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with Doric pilaster stiles ornamented with scrolled hearts, with a frieze ornamented with anthemia, and with rosettes in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
B (in pencil) / Veind Marble / Veind Marble / Chimney Piece for Mr Mackenzie's Little Dressing room (in the hand of William Adam) / About 16£ / 16s / Sir R Winns / Dressing room / Attic room and some measurements given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (364 x 249)
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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