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[6] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1769
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/269
Purpose
[6] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1769
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with fluted term stiles, a frieze ornamented with alternating urns and double calyx, connected by festoons, with enclosed rosettes in the capitals, and with unlobed acanthus leaves and guilloche in the mantel
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the Drawing Room at Colonel Campbell / (and in pencil) Mr Nasmith is / there and B[ _ _ _ _ ] / In the Chimney / there is the Surbase / River front / Front Parlor / 5t House /43.4.0
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (426 x 273)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
IV surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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