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[89] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, 1784; it is not known if this design was executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/163
Purpose
[89] Finished drawing for a chimneypiece for the first drawing room, 1784; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with stiles ornamented with paired bands of bell flowers, and another band of bell flowers along the top of the architrave, and with a frieze ornamented with an oval medallion flanked by masks connected by festoons, and with medallions framed by four miniature rosettes in the capitals
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for Mr. Hesse’s 1st. Drawing room in the Adelphi
Signed and dated
- 1784
1784
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash and coloured washes including pink and Prussian blue on laid paper (440 x 289)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
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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