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  • image SM Adam volume 22/161

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.

Level

Drawing

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

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