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Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the drawing room (originally the great eating room), 1766, unexecuted (1)
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Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the drawing room (originally the great eating room), 1766, unexecuted (1)
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The designs for the drawing room chimneypiece shown in Adam volume 22/172 were not executed. The surviving chimneypiece is composed of engaged Ionic column stiles in coloured marble, a coloured marble frieze with a foliate tablet of vines, and capitals ornamented with grapes.
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