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Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/279

Purpose

[10] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the second drawing room, c1770, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with console stiles, ornamented with fluting and acanthus leaves, above a drop of calyx, and with a frieze ornamented with enclosed calyx and lyres
  • image SM Adam volume 22/279

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Chimney Piece for the Music Room at Harewood / Design of a Chimney Piece for the back Drawing Room at the Honble. Mr Hobarts / in St James's Square and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • c1770
    datable to c1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (406 x 292)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
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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