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[74] Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/3
Purpose
[74] Design for the chimneypiece for the front drawing room, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with console stiles, ornamented with acanthus leaves and rosettes enclosed within figure-of-eight wreaths, and with a lining ornamented with egg and dart and fluting, and a frieze ornamented with oval enclosed rosettes, accompanied by crossed swords, and flanked by swags, and with a tablet containing an urn filled with foliage, and flanked by festoons
Scale
bar scale 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
East Wing D:Y: 1 House / Chimney Piece for the Drawing Room front House to the River / All Statuary / Mr. Lascelles Tablet answers for this Chimney and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1769-70
datable to c1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (303 x 278)
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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