Design for a Chimney Piece in the Gallery, now Dining Room, Harewood House, Yorkshire (Elevation)

Robert Adam British, Scottish

ca. 1769

Not on view

Robert Adam is mainly known as one of Great-Britain’s most important historic architects, but he also concerned himself with the interior of many buildings and made an important mark as an interior designer. He designed this fireplace for Harewood House (Yorkshire), a country estate built for Edward Lascelles, first Baron of Harewood. With its two caryatids supporting the mantle, it follows a design which was very popular in the Neo-Classical period. Robert Adam used it various times, giving the female sculptures different postures and combining them with other reliefs and ornaments based on examples from Roman and Greek Antiquity.

Artwork Details

Title: Design for a Chimney Piece in the Gallery, now Dining Room, Harewood House, Yorkshire (Elevation)
Artist: Robert Adam (British, Kirkcaldy, Scotland 1728–1792 London)
Date: ca. 1769
Medium: Pen and ink, brush and ink wash, over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 10 7/16 x 13 15/16 in. (26.5 x 35.4 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
Object Number: 34.78.2(7)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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