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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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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