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[70] Design for the chimneypiece for the back parlour, c1770-71, executed with minor alterations
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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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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