Design
| Artist/Maker |
Design for the front and side elevations of a chimney piece, flanked by the heads of grotesque birds and surmounted by an ornate pedimented mirror made by the circle of William Kent.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and brown ink wash. |
| Brief description | Design for a mantelpiece, once attributed to John Michael Rysbrack |
| Physical description | Design for the front and side elevations of a chimney piece, flanked by the heads of grotesque birds and surmounted by an ornate pedimented mirror. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Numbered with scale of 1 inch to 1 foot. |
| Object history | A note in pencil on the mount states that this is not by Rysbrack and that it looks like a drawing for one of the plates in Isaac Ware's Complete Body of Architecture. The note is intialled ADL. |
| Summary | Design for the front and side elevations of a chimney piece, flanked by the heads of grotesque birds and surmounted by an ornate pedimented mirror made by the circle of William Kent. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 209 |
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| Record created | October 16, 2008 |
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