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[8] Design for a chimneypiece for the back drawing room, c1769-70, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/22
Purpose
[8] Design for a chimneypiece for the back drawing room, c1769-70, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with plain stiles, drops of calyx hung from bows in the capitals, a lining of waterleaf, and a compartmental frieze, with four projecting compartments containing oval enclosed rosettes, alternating with urns, and with a central tablet containing an urn flanked by rinceaux
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
D:Y: River Front / Chimney Piece for the Back Room one pair of Stairs / 1st House / Wood / Statuary / Statuary / Statuary / Wood and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1769-70
datable to c1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (305 x 269)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
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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