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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/69

Purpose

[22] Design for the chimneypiece for Lady Coventry's bedroom, 1765, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with volute piers with bands of foliate ornamentation. The frieze is ornamented with rows of enclosed rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/10 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Chimney piece for the Bed Chamber in The Right Honble The Earl of Coventrys House in Piccadilly

Signed and dated

  • 1765
    Robert Adam Architect - 1765

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (406 x 263)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
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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