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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/41

Purpose

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

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with profile volute stiles, urns in the capitals, a lining of laurel leaf tips, and a frieze ornamented with alternating anthemia, scrolled hearts formed from acanthus leaves, and calyx

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

River Front D:Y: / Chimney Piece for the Back Room 1 pair of Stairs / 8th. House / [cropped] Prinl Story (in red pen) and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1770-71
    datable to c1770-71

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and red pen on laid paper (302 x 275)

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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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