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[1] Design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1768, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/240
Purpose
[1] Design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1768, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with drops of calyx hung from masks, with a frieze ornamented with enclosed rosettes alternating with bows supporting festoons, and with urns in the capitals
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the Drawing Room at His Grace The Duke of Beaufort's / House in Grosvenor Square / (and in pencil) Front Drawing ro[cropped] / for Mr Harley / Drawing room / wing front [cropped] / + / Marble front and measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1768
1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (406 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
Roscoe, 2009, p. 217
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Roscoe, 2009, p. 217
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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