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[30] 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 24/32
Purpose
[30] 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 moulded volute stiles, with enclosed rosettes in the capitals, a frieze of rosettes enclosed within octagons, and a tablet containing an enclosed rosette flanked by miniature peltoid shields, and beyond are urns which are connected to the central rosette by festoons
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
River Front D:Y / Chimney Piece for the Front Parlor 4 House / Wood / Marble / Marble and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1769-70
datable to c1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (313 x 263)
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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