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Preliminary design, design and working drawings for the chimneypiece for the library, 1780 (4)

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This is a series of four drawings demonstrating Adam working out the design for a chimneypiece for the library, including detailed drawings of the frieze and stiles. Two of these drawings are dated 1780, from which the dates of the broader programme at Byram can be estimated.

It is not known if this design was executed.

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Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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Contents of Preliminary design, design and working drawings for the chimneypiece for the library, 1780 (4)