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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/240

Purpose

[62] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the hall, 1774, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with pilaster stiles, ornamented with lion masks supporting figure-of-eight wreaths, and with a frieze ornamented with a central medallion containing a bird (swan?), flanked by festoons hung from bows, and with urns in the capitals

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Lord Stanley's Hall Chimney / of Portland & not much / Ornament

Signed and dated

  • 1774
    datable to 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (329 x 289)

Hand

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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