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[12] Design for a chimneypiece for a bedroom, 1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/161
Purpose
[12] Design for a chimneypiece for a bedroom, 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with an architrave ornamented with acanthus leaves, with a fluted frieze, and a tablet containing a central anthemion, flanked by rinceaux and rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the Bed Chamber for Mr Mackenzie / (and in pencil) Parlor / 2d House DY / 2 Offices / About 14£ / Enriched / Plain / Plain / Plain and an illegibly feint pencil inscription to the right-hand side, and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (387 x 271)
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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