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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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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