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