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[2] Design for a chimneypiece for the round drawing room, 1766
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/227
Purpose
[2] Design for a chimneypiece for the round drawing room, 1766
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with spirally fluted column stiles and acanthus capitals; flanking an architrave ornamented with guilloche enclosing rosettes, and lozenges; around a cusp-shaped lining supported by small engaged spirally fluted columns, and ornamented with panels of rosettes, and with calyx in the spandrels; and with a frieze ornamented with square and rectangular compartments containing lozenges and guilloche, enclosing medallions and rosettes, and with an ornamental mantel
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Honble Horace Walpole
Signed and dated
- 1766
1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (407 x 321)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Giuseppe Sacco
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Giuseppe Sacco
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 29
Beard, 1976, p. 46
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Beard, 1976, p. 46
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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