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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/46

Purpose

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

Aspect

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

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

River Front D:Y: / Chimney Piece for the Front Parlor 11t/ House / Front Parlor 11 House (in pencil) / Wood / Marble / Marble (in pencil) / Wood (in pencil) and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1770-71
    datable to c1770-71

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (314 x 269)

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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