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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/47

Purpose

[70] Design for the chimneypiece for the back parlour, c1770-71, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with moulded stiles, containing drops of calyx, and with enclosed rosettes in the capitals, a lining of fluting and laurel leaf tips, and a frieze ornamented with alternating enclosed masks and enclosed rosettes within lozenge, between which are double anthemia

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Back Parlor 11t. House / River Front and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1770-71
    datable to c1770-71

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (305 x 252)

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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