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[44] Design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1774, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/262
Purpose
[44] Design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1774, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with narrow pilaster stiles, ornamented with enclosed rosettes, with an architrave ornamented with unlobed acanthus leaves, with a fluted frieze including three figurative tablets, flanked by drops of calyx
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Anti room at Newby
Signed and dated
- 20/06/1774
Adelphi / 20t June 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (407 x 291)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, p. 23
Harris, 2001, pp. 225, 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, pp. 225, 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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