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Alternative preliminary design and design for the first drawing room chimneypiece, 1773-74, Adam volume 23/47 as executed (2)
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Alternative preliminary design and design for the first drawing room chimneypiece, 1773-74, Adam volume 23/47 as executed (2)
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The first drawing room chimneypiece is included in the second volume of The works on architecture of Robert and James Adam (part 1, plate 3), and is illustrated in accordance with Adam volume 23/47. Adam's preface to this plate reads:
Two Chimney-pieces in the Front and Second Withdrawing-rooms, with Glass-Frames over them. These chimney-pieces are of staturary marble, and the frames for the glasses are carved in wood and gilt. The figure in the oval at top of the first frame is painted; and the whole is beautifully executed, and has been allowed to have an elegant effect.
Here is it suggested that the chimneypiece - in both Adam volume 23/47 and the Works - is shown as executed. However, it is not known to have survived when the house was demolished in 1862.
There is no extant drawing showing the published design for the first drawing room overmantel mirror frame, but according to Harris, this is a 'refined version' of that designed for Luton Park in 1772.
Two Chimney-pieces in the Front and Second Withdrawing-rooms, with Glass-Frames over them. These chimney-pieces are of staturary marble, and the frames for the glasses are carved in wood and gilt. The figure in the oval at top of the first frame is painted; and the whole is beautifully executed, and has been allowed to have an elegant effect.
Here is it suggested that the chimneypiece - in both Adam volume 23/47 and the Works - is shown as executed. However, it is not known to have survived when the house was demolished in 1862.
There is no extant drawing showing the published design for the first drawing room overmantel mirror frame, but according to Harris, this is a 'refined version' of that designed for Luton Park in 1772.
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Contents of Alternative preliminary design and design for the first drawing room chimneypiece, 1773-74, Adam volume 23/47 as executed (2)
- [7] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, 1773, unexecuted
- [8] Design for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, 1774, as executed