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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/230

Purpose

[2] Design for a chimneypiece for a dressing room for 41 Portman Square, 1766, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with the stiles and frieze ornamented with a continuous band of guilloche enclosing rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for Mr Locke's Dressing room in Portman Square (in the hand of William Adam) / (and in pencil) Wood / Marble / Plain / Plain

Signed and dated

  • 1766
    1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (407 x 289)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
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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