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[75] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the great dining room, 1774; it is not known if this design was executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/197
Purpose
[75] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the great dining room, 1774; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with pilaster stiles, ornamented with drops composed of masks, and a thyrsus accompanied by a figure-of-eight ribbon, and with a frieze ornamented with enclosed rosettes, fluting, and acanthus leaves
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
No. 1. / 1s Drawing Room Lord Stanleys and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- March 1774
datable to March 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (440 x 276)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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