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[3] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, c1771, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/65
Purpose
[3] Record drawing for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, c1771, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with pilaster stiles, ornamented with anthemia enclosed within figure-of-eight ribbons in the shafts, and calyx in the capitals, with enclosed rosettes in the capitals, and a frieze of enclosed cables and darts, and with a lining ornamented with drops of calyx and rosettes, which extends into the frieze forming a tablet, containing an oval medallion
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Front Drawing room: Stone front House Q. A: Street and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1771
datable to 1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (396 x 291)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
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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