ENGLAND
Robert Adam (1728-1792)

Details
Robert Adam (1728-1792)

A Gothic Chimney-Piece with foliage-capped and ring-banded cluster Columns supporting the moulded triple arcaded Opening and a pointed Arch; and A Gothic pointed Arch Chimney-Piece with cusp enriched Frieze supported by projecting Pilasters with paired and cusp-ended Panels, the right side marbled

pen and grey ink, grey and yellow (2) wash
127 x 186mm. and 124 x 150mm. (2)
Provenance
Yvonne ffrench, 1980
Literature
P. Fuhring, nos. 427-8

Lot Essay

Adam is known to have designed interior decorations in the Gothic style for Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill circa 1760 and at Almviele in the 1770s. For comparable designs by Adam for chimney pieces in the Gothic style see D. Stillman, The Decorative work of Robert Adam, London, 1973, figs. 168 and 172