[75] Design for the chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - The Adelphi, London: designs for a speculative complex built by William Adam & Co., 1768-84 (168)
      - Adam Street
        Number 1, Adam Street
        Design for the chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/1

Purpose

[75] Design for the chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with drops of calyx in the stiles, jugs in the capitals, a fluted frieze, and a tablet containing an urn supported by rinceaux

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

East Wing D:Y: / Chimney Piece for the large Parlor. front House to the River / and for the / Back parlor / [cropped _ _ ] House River / front / statuary / Wood / Statuary / [ _ _ ] 2: Ann S: (in red pen) / Bow room 2 pr / [ _ _ _ _ _ ] front 2: A: S: / Mr. Stewarts front Parlor (in red pen) / Slab about 2:4 wide / B (in pencil) and some measurements given

Signed and dated

1769-70
datable to c1769-70

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and red pen on laid paper (291 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.

Level

Drawing

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