[52] Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1770-71; it is not known if this design was executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - The Adelphi, London: designs for a speculative complex built by William Adam & Co., 1768-84 (168)
      - The Royal Terrace
        Number 6, Royal Terrace
        Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1770-71; it is not known if this design was executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/39

Purpose

[52] Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1770-71; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with console stiles, ornamented with masks and fans, and with a lining of waterleaf, and a frieze of festoons and rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Front Drawing Room 7th. House / Back Parlor (in pencil) / on the Terrace. Adelphi and some measurements given

Signed and dated

c1770-71
datable to c1770-71

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (313 x 289)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

TH surmounted by fleur de lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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