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[15] Design for a chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/23
Purpose
[15] Design for a chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with console stiles, ornamented with acanthus leaves, and drops composed of rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight wreaths, and calyx, and with a lining ornamented with egg and dart, and a frieze ornamented with oval enclosed rosettes, attended by crossed swords, and flanked by swags, and with a tablet containing an urn filled with foliage, supported by a double calyx, and flanked by festoons
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
D:Y: River Front. / Chimney Piece for the Front Parlor 2. House / Wood / Statuary / Statuary / Wood and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1769-70
datable to c1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and red pen on laid paper (322 x 257)
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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