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[47] Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1769-70, executed with minor alterations at 3 Royal Terrace
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/37
Purpose
[47] Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1769-70, executed with minor alterations at 3 Royal Terrace
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with profile volute stiles, ornamented with rosettes and calyx, and with an oval enclosed rosette in the capitals, a lining of waterleaf, a fluted frieze, and a tablet containing an enclosed mask attended by crossed sword and quiver, flanked by festoons hung from bows, and trophies
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Front Drawing Room 6th House and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1769-70
datable to c1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (316 x 290)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
IV
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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