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[13] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the back parlour for Robert and James Adam, 1772
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/66
Purpose
[13] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the back parlour for Robert and James Adam, 1772
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with plain stiles, a lining ornamented with laurel leaf tips, and a frieze ornamented with enclosed rosettes, flanked by festoons, and with a central tablet containing an urn supporting two miniature sphinxes
Scale
bar scale of 1 2/5 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the back Parlor at Mr Adams House in / Mansfield Street
Signed and dated
- 1772
datable to 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (406 x 292)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
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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