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  • image SM Adam volume 23/42

Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/42

Purpose

[82] Design for a chimneypiece for Lord Stanley's dressing room, 1774; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with plain stiles, a lining ornamented with laurel leaf tips, and a frieze ornamented with urns supported by pedestals, alternating with urns supported by calyx, and connected by festoons

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Bed Chamber Parlor Story / at Lord Stanley's in Grosvenor Square / Marble facia / (and in pencil) [cropped]antle / [cropped] to Cornice / [cropped]ads and some measurements given in pencil

Signed and dated

  • 1774
    1774.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (407 x 292)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 38
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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