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[27] Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1769-70, executed with minor alterations at number 4 Royal Terrace
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/33
Purpose
[27] Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1769-70, executed with minor alterations at number 4 Royal Terrace
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with Ionic pilaster stiles, ornamented with anthemia enclosed within figure-of-eight ribbons in the shafts, and with a lining of laurel leaf tips, enclosed masks in the capitals, a frieze of anthemia flanked by arabesques, and a tablet containing an urn on a turned pedestal, flanked by winged griffons with arabesque tails
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
River Front / Body of Building D:Y: / Chimney Piece for the front Drawing Room all Statuary / 4th House and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1769-70
datable to c1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (331 x 274)
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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