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[104] Design for the chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/11
Purpose
[104] Design for the chimneypiece for the front parlour, c1769-70; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with console stiles, ornamented with acanthus leaves, and guilloche, and with a lining ornamented with waterleaf, and a frieze of enclosed rosettes within wreaths
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
East Wing D:Y: / Chimney Piece for the Front Parlour: 6th: House / And Back parlor / 8t. house River front / River front back parlor (in pencil) / E (in pencil) / Veined Marble / Wood / Veined Marble / Veined Slab about 2ft. 4in wide / 2pr 2: Ann Street (in red pen) / Back [ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] 2pr / [cropped]tone ground 2: A:S and some measurements given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- 1769-70
datable to 1769-70
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and red pen on laid paper (319 x 282)
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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