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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.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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