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[57] Preliminary design for a grate for the circular closet, 1773-74; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/208
Purpose
[57] Preliminary design for a grate for the circular closet, 1773-74; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Rough elevation of a grate, supported by strigilated pedestals, surmounted by paired paw feet and legs, which are ornamented with ram masks and festoons, and the base rail of the grate is ornamented with enclosed anthemia, and an apron of fans, and the grate is segmental, with turned andirons, supported by paired columns, between which are oval medallions, and supporting miniature sphinxes on pedestals ornamented with swags
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sketch of a Stove Grate for Lord Stanleys Cirular Room (verso) rough calculations
Signed and dated
- 1773-74
datable to 1773-74
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (231 x 157)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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