Ink drawing of a white statuary chimney-piece. The frieze panel is carved with a festoon suspended from ram's heads, husks and half paterae. The right pilaster is carved with a waving laurel band suspended from a ram's head. The left pilaster is carved with a ram’s head suspendin
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Design for a chimney-piece with a break fronted cornice shelf and Doric pilasters. Inscription suggests pilasters are to be purple, possibly brèche violette, over jambs of Sienna marble. Remarque indicates depth measurements.
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Ink and watercolour drawing of a chimney-piece. The frieze is of Sienna marble centred by an oval panel of white statuary marble carved with a lyre surrounded by a laurel wreath. Each corner blocking is carved with an upright oval paterae. The pilasters contain Sienna marble fram
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Ink drawing of a white statuary chimney-piece. The centre tablet is carved with an elliptical covered urn with foliate feet. The urn's bird head handles hold festoons from ribbon bows to either side. Each corner blocking is carved with an upright oval patera. The pilasters are i
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Ink and watercolour drawing of a chimney-piece. The centre tablet is carved with a fluted elliptical urn on foliate S scroll feet. Two sphinx sit atop the urn. Ribbon bows to either side suspend festoons which hang from the urn. The upper section of the frieze panel is inlaid wit
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Ink drawing of a chimney-piece. The centre tablet is carved with the figure of Diana flanked by her attendants and a dog. A classical temple can be seen in the background. The upper section of the frieze panel is carved with ribbon bows suspending drapery over an oval panel carve
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Ink and watercolour drawing a chimney-piece. The centre tablet is of white statuary carved with a ribbon bow from which is suspended a lyre and pipes. The left frieze panel is of Sienna inlaid with white statuary ribbons in the shape of a Venetian window. The right pilaster is ca
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Ink and watercolour drawing of a white statuary chimney-piece. The centre tablet is carved with a foliated shell. The cornice shelf and in ground are carved with an egg & dart design. The corner blockings are fluted. The pilasters are also carved with foliated shells which suspen
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Drawing of a chimney-piece in a neoclassical style. The frieze and centre blockings are in white statuary inlaid with Belgian black marble paterae. The pilasters are carved with acanthus and agapanthus leaves. An additional drawing of the chimney-piece's side profile indicates th
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Unfinished pencil drawing of a chimney-piece. The frieze panel is carved with a fluting motif intersected with foliate circular paterae. The cornice shelf is of plain moulding and is break fronted at the corner blockings. Each corner blocking has been carved with a beading and ac
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Ink and watercolour drawing of a chimney-piece in white statuary and brown marble. The frieze panel is carved with circular paterae and stop flutes. The right pilaster is fluted and inlaid with a dark brown marble. The left pilaster is inlaid with a frame of brown marble. Scale r
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Ink and watercolour drawing of a break fronted chimney-piece in white statuary and Portoro marble. The centre tablet is carved with a fluted covered urn with square handles. Oval paterae to either side suspend drapery looped through the handles of the urn. Each corner blocking is
Architecture--Ireland | Architecture--Details | Architectural drawing--18th century
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