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  • image SM Adam volume 24/10

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/10

Purpose

[99] Design for the chimneypiece for the dining room, c1769-70, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with profile volute stiles, ornamented with rosettes and rinceaux, and with enclosed rosettes in the capitals, a fluted frieze, and a tablet containing festoons, trophies, and a central enclosed rosette

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 5th House / and for Back Parlor / 11t. House / River front / Opening 4.0 / 3.8 / Marble / Marble / Wood / Statuary / 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 (323 x 273)

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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