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[8] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the dining room, 1766-67, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/171
Purpose
[8] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the dining room, 1766-67, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with drops of calyx, with a frieze ornamented with enclosed rosettes, bows, and festoons, with a mantel ornamented with dentils, and with urns in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for Lord Clifford's Dining Room (in pen) / E (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1767
1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (316 x 266)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
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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