Design for a Chimney Piece in the Gallery, now DIning Room, Harewood House, Yorkshire (Elevation)
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)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
Accession Number
34.78.2(7)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 18th-century neoclassical with Robert Adam's *Design for a Chim Piece in the Gallery, Dining Room, Harewood House, Yorkshire (Elevation)*, circa 1769. This intricate architectural drawing depicts an elevation—a front view—of a grand fireplace mantel, likely adorned with sculptural female figures, blending and ornamentation. Adam, a leading Scottish architect of the Adam style, was renowned for his harmonious fusion of classical motifs with delicate, refined interiors, influencing grand British country houses. Created for Harewood House, a Palladian mansion in Yo...