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[23] Design for the chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/27
Purpose
[23] Design for the chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with fluted Ionic column stiles, with urns in the capitals, a lining of egg and dart, and a frieze of enclosed rosettes, and festoons hung from bows
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
D:Y: River Front / Chimney Piece for the Front Parlor. 3rd House / Wood / Marble and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1769-70
datable to 1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (293 x 251)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
Rowan, 2007, p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 2007, p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Vaulting Ambition: The Adam Brothers, Contractors to the Metropolis in the Reign of George III, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 14 September 2007 - 12 January 2008; The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham, 19 April - 24 May 2008; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, 24 October - 13 December 2008
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk