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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.

Level

Drawing

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

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