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[33] Design for a 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 24/35
Purpose
[33] Design for a chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with profile fluted term stiles, and a lining ornamented with waterleaf, and with oval enclosed rosettes in the capitals, a frieze of urns on turned pedestals, connected by festoons hung from calyx, and with a mantel ornamented with stiff leaf and guilloche
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
River Front D:Y: / Chimney Piece for the Front Parlor 5th House / Marble / Wood and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1769-70
datable to c1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (275 x 291)
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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