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[67] Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1770-71, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/48
Purpose
[67] Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1770-71, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with fluted pilaster stiles, enclosed rosettes in the capitals, a shaped lining ornamented with waterleaf, a frieze of flutes and darts, and a tablet containing an urn on a pedestal flanked by winged half putti with arabesque tails
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
River Front D:Y: Body of Building / Chimney Piece / for the / front Drawing Room / all Statuary / 11th. House / Back room (in pencil) / Ld Shelburne (in pencil) / Bow Room (in pencil) / 1 pr (in pencil) and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1770-71
datable to c1770-71
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (326 x 271)
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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