Ink and watercolour drawing for a chimney-piece. The centre tablet is carved with a neoclassical urn on a pedestal flanked with winged griffins with foliated tails. The paws of each griffin rest on the edge of the pedestal. Below the centre panel, the lower bed mould is carved wi
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Ink drawing of a neoclassical chimney-piece. The frieze is carved with ribbon bows from which festoons hang. The bows are interspersed with circular paterae on the left and a knife and spoon motif on the right. The pilasters are carved with a ribbon bow from festoon and swag are
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Ink and watercolour drawing of a chimney-piece. The centre tablet is carved with a male head flanked by acanthus leaves. The frieze panel is carved with eight male heads in profile. Each corner blocking is carved with a bow and quiver, surrounded by a laurel wreath which is suspe
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Ink drawing of a neoclassical chimney-piece. Across the frieze panel are carved festoons suspended on rams' heads with identical festoons on each pilaster. Multiple types of decoration on bed mould, in-ground and soffits. Cornice shelf decorated with egg & dart. Design is simila
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Ink and watercolour drawing of a chimney-piece. The centre tablet is carved with a neoclassical covered urn with scroll handles suspending foliage. Below this, the bed mould is inlaid with fingers of Spanish Brocatello intersected with carved octofoils. The frieze panel is carved
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Incomplete ink and pencil drawing of a break fronted chimney-piece. The centre tablet is carved with two ribbon bows which suspend festoons. The corner blockings are beaded scroll brackets. The plain moulded cornice shelf is break fronted. The right pilaster is carved with ribbon
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Ink drawing of a white statuary neoclassical chimney-piece. The centre tablet is overlaid and carved with an urn with ram's head handles, from which a festoon is suspended. The frieze to the right of the centre tablet is inlaid with trygliphs in a red marble which are intersected
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Ink and watercolour drawing of a white statuary and Sienna marble chimney-piece. The centre tablet is carved with a French horn, pipes and a lyre. Foliated brackets are carved on both sides of the centre tablet. The frieze panel is of Sienna overlaid with white statuary urns carv
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Ink and watercolour drawing of a white statuary chimneypiece. The frieze panel is centred by an elliptical covered urn whose bird's head handles suspend festoons held by ribbon bows to either side. The corner blockings are carved with upright neoclassical urns with square handles
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Ink drawing of a neoclassical chimney-piece. The frieze is carved with foliated tazze from which festoons hang. The tazze are interspersed with circular paterae. The cornice shelf features an egg & dart design. The pilasters are carved with a ribbon bow from which a helix of laur
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Ink and watercolour drawing of a white statuary chimney-piece. The centre tablet is carved with an elliptical covered urn on foliate feet. The handles of the urn are shaped like bird's heads and festoons are suspended from ribbon bows into the beaks of the birds. The frieze is in
Architecture--Ireland | Architecture--Details | Architectural drawing--18th century
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The plain centre tablet is overlaid and supported on guilloche legs. The frieze to the right of the centre tablet is carved with swags, from which tassels are suspended. Beneath this are carved foliated finials flanked with S scrolls. Right corner blocking is carved with an oval
Architecture--Ireland | Architecture--Details | Architectural drawing--18th century
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