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[94] Design for the chimneypiece for the dining room, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/6
Purpose
[94] 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 pilaster stiles, ornamented with drops of calyx in the shafts, and with rosettes in the capitals, and with a lining ornamented with waterleaf, a frieze of festoons, and peltoid shields, and with a tablet containing an anthemion flanked by rinceaux
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
East Wing D.Y. / Chimney Piece for the Dining Room one Pair of Stairs 3rd. House / Statuary / Wood / Statuary / Statuary Slab about 2ft/ 4in wide and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1769-70
datable to 1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and red pen on laid paper (295 x 371)
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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