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Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/5

Purpose

[78] Design for the chimneypiece for the dining room, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with drops of calyx, and jugs in the capitals, and a fluted lining ornamented with enclosed rosettes in the corners, and with a frieze ornamented with festoons, and enclosed rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

East Wing D:Y: / Chimney Piece for the Dining Room one Pair of Stairs 2d. House / Statuary Marble / Wood / Statuary Marble Statuary Slab about 2/4 wide and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1769-70
    datable to 1769-70

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (303 x 260)

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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