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[15] Design of a chimneypiece for the breakfast room, c1780
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/150
Purpose
[15] Design of a chimneypiece for the breakfast room, c1780
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with pilaster stiles ornamented with drops of ox mask, husks, ribbon, enclosed rosette and festoons of beading, with capitals containing enclosed rosettes, and in the frieze there is a tablet containing a tazza with sphinxes and flora
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney piece for the Breakfast room at Byram for Sir John Ramsden Bart / Back Draw[ing] room / 4 Houses [?] / No. 3
Signed and dated
- c1780
datable to c1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (287 x 405)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
Spiers, 1979, p. 42, Index, p. 5
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Spiers, 1979, p. 42, Index, p. 5
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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