[12] Design for the chimneypiece for the drawing room, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - The Adelphi, London: designs for a speculative complex built by William Adam & Co., 1768-84 (168)
      - The Royal Terrace
        Number 1, Royal Terrace
        Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/25

Purpose

[12] Design for the chimneypiece for the drawing room, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with profile volute stiles, supporting busts, and with urns in the capitals, and with a fluted frieze, and a tablet containing a tripod urn in the shape of a double calyx, flanked by trophies and festoons hung from bows

Scale

bar scale 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Drawing Room 2 House body of Building / River Front D:Y: / All [cropped] and some measurements given

Signed and dated

c1769-70
datable to c1769-70

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (319 x 284)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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