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  • image SM Adam volume 24/20

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/20

Purpose

[10] Design for the chimneypiece for the back parlour, c1769-70, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with moulded stiles, ornamented with scrolled hearts, and with rosettes in the capitals, waterleaf in the lining, and a frieze of anthemia connected by strigils

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the / back (in pencil) / Parlor fronting the River East corner House / D:Y: body of Building No. 1 / Marble / Marble / Wood and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • c1769-70
    c1769-70

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (305 x 255)

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.

Level

Drawing

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

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