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[1] Design for a chimneypiece for the dining room, 1775, not known to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/70
Purpose
[1] Design for a chimneypiece for the dining room, 1775, not known to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with fluted tapering pilasters, supported by paw feet, and surmounted by satyr masks, with a tablet containing an urn, and with rosettes enclosed within fans and wreaths in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Dining room for John Nutt Esqr
Signed and dated
- 06/05/1775
Adelphi / 6t May 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (407 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
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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