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[6] Design for a chimneypiece for Lady Derby's room in the dairy, 1777; it is not known if this was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/52
Purpose
[6] Design for a chimneypiece for Lady Derby's room in the dairy, 1777; it is not known if this was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with vesica-shaped wreaths of bell flowers, hung from miniature rosettes, and supporting calyx, and a miniature enclosed rosette, and with enclosed urns in the capitals, and a tablet containing a tazza enclosed within an oval frame ornamented with beading
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for Lady Derby's room in the Dairy Building / at Knowsley / Best Bed Char _ Mr Romney (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 24/02/1777
Adelphi / 24t. Febry 1777.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 293)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 20
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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