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[4] Variant design for a chimneypiece for an unknown room for 21 Portman Square, 1775
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/232
Purpose
[4] Variant design for a chimneypiece for an unknown room for 21 Portman Square, 1775
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with consoles ornamented with acanthus leaves, and with an architrave ornamented with laurel leaf tips, and a mantel ornamented with acanthus leaves, and with a pencil-drawn annotation to the right-hand side which is similar to Adam volume 11/172
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for William Locke Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) / Chimney Piece for Mr Locke (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1775
1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (336 x 219)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 403
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 403
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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