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[103] 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 24/12
Purpose
[103] 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 tapering fluted pilaster stiles, surmounted by miniature tablets containing palmettes, and with busts in the capitals, and with a shaped lining ornamented with waterleaf, a fluted frieze, and a tablet containing winged sphinxes flanking an urn
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
East Wing D.Y. / Chimney Piece for the Dining Room in the one pair of Stairs 6th. House / for front Parlor / 9th House / River front / Wood / Statuary Marble / Statuary / Statuary / Statuary Slab about 2.6 wide and some measurements given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- 1769-70
datable to 1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (337 x 278)
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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