Design for the chimneypiece for the dining room (later the music room), 1778, executed with alterations (1)

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Mellerstain, Earlston, Scottish Borders: designs for the house, interiors, and an unexecuted memorial tower for the Hon. George Baillie, c1768-78 (19)

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Design for the chimneypiece for the dining room (later the music room), 1778, executed with alterations (1)

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1778

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The dining room chimneypiece was executed with minor alterations to Adam's design, but when the room was converted into a music room in the 1820s, the original chimneypiece was removed to the principal bedchamber where it remains in situ, and it was replaced with a chimneypiece by an unknown craftsman, J. Marshall, ornamented with the figures of Peace and Prosperity.

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Contents of Design for the chimneypiece for the dining room (later the music room), 1778, executed with alterations (1)

[8] Preliminary design for a chimneypiece for the dining room (later the music room), 1778, executed with alterations