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[23] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the great drawing room, 1773, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/162
Purpose
[23] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the great drawing room, 1773, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a chimneypiece with figurative panels in the stiles, flanked by drops of calyx hung from ram masks, and with enclosed rosettes in the capitals. There is another rough pencil-drawn chimneypiece on this sheet, but its provenance is unknown
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Lord Stanley / Great room
Signed and dated
- 1773
datable to 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (202 x 323)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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