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[37] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1770, partly as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/258
Purpose
[37] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1770, partly as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with the right-hand stile ornamented with a term surmounted by an enclosed rosette and calyx in the capital, and the left-hand stile ornamented with a drop composed of calyx, enclosed rosettes, and a lantern, surmounted by an enclosed rosette in front of crossed knives, and with a winged sphinx in the capital, and with a frieze ornamented with lyres alternating with fluting enclosing tubular flowers, with bands of laurel leaf tips, beading, and miniature rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the Drawing Room at Newby
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (405 x 291)
Hand
Possibly Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Harris, 2001, pp. 231, 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, pp. 231, 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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