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Design for the chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70, executed at number 5 Royal Terrace (1)
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Design for the chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70, executed at number 5 Royal Terrace (1)
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The front parlour would have been located at the front, on the ground storey of the house.
This design is not known to have been executed at number 5 Adam Street, and instead was installed in the library (later the dining room) at number 5 Royal Terrace, survived to be photographed by the LCC in 1936, and was sold at auction in the same year.
The inscription on this drawing: River Front / and for the Back / Room 1 pr Stairs / 6t. House suggests that the design was intended to be duplicated in the back first-floor room at number 5 Royal Terrace. This was not the case and the chimneypiece in that room was executed to a design which was originally intended for the back drawing room at number 1 Royal Terrace (Adam volume 24/26).
This design is not known to have been executed at number 5 Adam Street, and instead was installed in the library (later the dining room) at number 5 Royal Terrace, survived to be photographed by the LCC in 1936, and was sold at auction in the same year.
The inscription on this drawing: River Front / and for the Back / Room 1 pr Stairs / 6t. House suggests that the design was intended to be duplicated in the back first-floor room at number 5 Royal Terrace. This was not the case and the chimneypiece in that room was executed to a design which was originally intended for the back drawing room at number 1 Royal Terrace (Adam volume 24/26).
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