Design for a Chimneypiece, with an Elaborate Overmantel, Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, Shown are the upper right corner of a door frame, at left, and the left side of the fireplace. The opening is framed by molding. In the middle of the shelf stands a small looking glass. It is surrounded laterally and above by scrolls ending in the center above with a bracket upon which a bowl with a flame stands. A panel in the background is framed by molding. Below are a plan of moldings and the scale. Verso: accounts written in ink., Italy, 1725–1750, Drawing

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