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  • image SM Adam volume 22/290

Reference number

SM Adam volume 22/290

Purpose

[10] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the gallery, 1775, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with drops composed of bows, calyx, arabesques, and scrolled hearts, and with a frieze ornamented with double calyx, and with a tablet containing an oval medallion, flanked by winged griffons with arabesque tails

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Chimney Piece for the Gallery / at Mellerstain

Signed and dated

  • 05/08/1775
    Adelphi Augst. 5t. 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (360 x 290)

Hand

Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 22
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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