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