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[44] Design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1762, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 22/44
Purpose
[44] Design for a chimneypiece for the drawing room, 1762, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan, elevation and profile of a chimneypiece with fluted Corinthian pilaster stiles, a lining of fluting ad acanthus leaves with a central wreath enclosing a crescent, a frieze of festoons and wreaths, and a figurative tablet
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for the Drawing room at Sion
Signed and dated
- 1762
1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash on laid paper (408 x 291)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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