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[100] Design for the chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70, executed at number 5 Royal Terrace
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/9
Purpose
[100] Design for the chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70, executed at number 5 Royal Terrace
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with moulded stiles containing drops of calyx, and with oval enclosed rosettes in the capitals, and a lining ornamented with egg and dart, and a frieze of festoons and rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
East Wing D.Y. / Chimney Piece for the front Parlor 5th. House / River Front / and for the Back / Room 1 pr Stairs / 6t. House / Back room 11th (in pencil) / Veind Marble / Wood / Veined Marble / Veind Slab about 2ft/ 4in wide and some measurements given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- 1769-70
datable to c1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (322 x 285)
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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