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  • image SM Adam volume 24/45

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/45

Purpose

[65] Design for the chimneypiece for the back drawing room, c1770-71, executed with alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with drops of calyx in the stiles, urns in the capitals, and a frieze ornamented with festoons hung from bows, and alternating with enclosed rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

River Front D:Y: / Chimney Piece for the Back Parlor Room 1 pr. Stair / 10t. House / Wood / Marble / Marble / Dressing 1 pr (in pencil) / Mansfield Street (in pencil) and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1770-71
    datable to c1770-71

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (311 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.

Level

Drawing

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

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