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[41] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the study, 1769, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/256
Purpose
[41] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the study, 1769, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with volute stiles, ornamented with a rosette, and calyx, and with a frieze ornamented with alternating anthemia, and tubular flowers, and with an urn in the capital
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the Study at Newby (and in pencil) River front / [ ____ ] 1 pair
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (406 x 291)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Notes
The pencil inscription on this drawing, River front / [ ____ ] 1 pair, suggests that Adam had intended to reuse the design at the Adelphi, as was the case with various other chimneypiece designs of the 1760s. In this case it was clearly intended for use in a first storey room in one of the houses on the Royal Terrace. Indeed, a close variant copy of the design was made for the back drawing room at 2 Royal Terrace (Adam volume 24/26), corresponding with the pencil inscription.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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