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[21] Design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1764, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/39
Purpose
[21] Design for a chimneypiece for the ante room, 1764, as executed
Aspect
Elevation and two side elevations of a chimneypiece with consoles ornamented with ram masks, and with vines in the stiles, a lining ornamented with guilloche, a tablet containing a winged figure in a quadriga, a frieze of peltoid shields, weaponry and festoons, and with urns in the capitals, and with a detail of guilloche drawn in pencil on the bottom left-hand corner
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Vestibule at Sion and some dimensions given in pencil
Signed and dated
- 1764
1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (405 x 273)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
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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