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Sir William Chambers

55 works

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Dark green leather book cover with gold tooled foliate border and a small embossed coat of arms at center.

Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings of Kew

1763

Pen and wash design for an oval overmantel mirror with candle sconces, floral swags, and a lion mask crest.

Two Designs for an Overmantel Glass (Verso: Partial Floor plan)

1743-96

Watercolor plan of the Kew gardens showing lakes, paths, buildings and a legend, by Sir William Chambers, 1763.

General Plan of the Gardens at Kew

1763

Architectural drawing of The Great Exotic Stove showing wall sections, an elevation, and above and below pavement plans with

The Great Exotic Stove at Kew

1763

Pen drawing of an oval mirror design with laurel wreath border, acanthus crest, and ornate rectangular base on paper.

Design for a Girandole Mirror, an Oval Resting on an Oblong Base, Terminated by Two Superimposed Circular Frond-motif…

ca. 1775

Ink and grey wash drawing of a neoclassical domed mausoleum with columns, statues, and flanking urns among trees.

Design for a Mausoleum

1740-1800

Design for an Oval Mirror, Surmounted by an Urn and Draped with Neoclassic Swags

1740-96

Architectural drawing of a chimneypiece with fluted Ionic columns, a relief frieze of figures, and garland swags.

Design for a Chimneypiece with Ionic columns, a Frieze, and Cornice

1743-96

Architectural drawing of a classical chimney-piece with fluted columns, a frieze of masks and urns, and a scale bar.

Design for a Chimney-piece, for the Saloon, Milton Park, Northamptonshire

1770-76

Architectural elevation of a classical chimneypiece with fluted frieze, rosettes, bull's heads and a dark firebox, with dimen

Design for a Chimneypiece with a Classical Cornice, for Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire, Dining Room

ca. 1769

Ink and wash drawing of a classical chimney-piece with swags, tassels, scrolled pediment and an urn finial.

Design for Hall Chimney-piece, Charlemont House, Dublin

1762

Ink and watercolor design of a neoclassical chimneypiece with laurel wreaths, urn panels and an Ionic capital beside a dark f

Design for a Chimneypiece, possibly for Melbourne House (now Albany), Piccadilly, London

1771-75 (?)

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a chimneypiece with scroll border, acanthus capitals and curved pediment, with a scale bar b

Design for a Chimneypiece with a Frieze with Floral Decoration and Capitals Decorated with Animals

1743-96

Brown ink and wash elevation drawing of a chimneypiece with scrolled frieze, dentil cornice and a scale bar below.

Design for a Chimneypiece with Scalloped Moldings

1743-96

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a tapered pedestal with carved foliage panel and a dashed outline above, with scale bar.

Design for a Pedestal, for Richmond House, Whitehall, London

ca. 1760

Pen and ink design drawing of a ceiling with an oval center, wreaths, rosettes and scrolling foliage border.

Design for a Ceiling, an Oblong with an Oval Center

1743-96

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical ceiling with an oval medallion, garlands, scrolling foliage and corner laurel wreaths.

Design for a Ceiling, an Oval within a Square, having a Criss-cross Border to the Oval, for Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire

ca. 1769

Design for Ceiling, either for 13 Berners Street, Westminster, London, or Whitton Park, Middlesex

1765-66

Pen drawing of a circular ceiling design with laurel garlands and urns, above a rectangular panel with Greek key border.

Design for a Ceiling, Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire (Half plan)

ca. 1769

Pencil design for a decorative ceiling with lozenge borders, Greek key patterns, acanthus scrolls and a laurel medallion.

Design for a Ceiling for the Drawing Room at Milton Abbey, Dorset

1770-74

Pen and watercolor design with pink and green panels showing classical urns, scrolls, medallions and winged figures.

Design for a Ceiling

1743-96

Pen and wash design for a ceiling segment with laurel garlands, scrollwork, an oval cartouche, and two winged figures.

Design for Segment of an Octagonal Ceiling; Gower House, Whitehall, London

ca. 1766-74

Ink and wash plan of an ornamental ceiling with a central oval medallion, garlands, and pink-tinted panels.

Half Plan of a Ceiling with an Oval Center and Semicircular Ends

1743-96

Pen and wash design for a gallery ceiling with a central circular medallion and scrolling ornamental corner panels.

Design for the Gallery ceiling, Richmond House, Whitehall, London

1760

Ink and wash design for an ornate pier-glass frame with acanthus border, sphinx, flower garlands and urn.

Design for a Pier-glass for Adderbury House, Oxfordshire, for the Duke of Buccleuch

ca. 1768

Pen and wash design for a wall girandole with cockerel-head branches, arrows, rosettes and hanging chains.

Design for a Girandole Composed of Three Clasping Arrows and Candle-branches Terminating in Cockerel Heads

1743-97

Pen and wash architectural drawing of an ornate tripod stand with lion's paw feet, with dimensions and detail sections.

Capitoline, Antique Tripod

ca. 1750-55

Pen and wash drawing of a fluted copper urn with scroll handles, beside a study of an ornamental mount with measurements.

Antique Vase of Copper in the Capitol

ca. 1750-55

Pen and wash drawing of ceiling and wall ornament details labeled Villa Madama, St. Peter's and Madonna del Popolo.

Details of Ceilings, Villa Madama, St. Peter's and Madonna del Popolo

ca. 1750-55

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate ceiling detail with floral garlands, moldings, a relief scene of robed figures, and an inte

Detail of Ceiling, Palazzo Massimi

ca. 1750-55

Drawing of a circular ceiling vault with ornate scrollwork, figures and a central rosette, with smaller detail studies below.

Ceiling Vault of Palazzo Mattei, Rome

1750-59

Grey wash drawing of an ornate ceiling design with an oval panel, scrolled moldings, a figural medallion and handwritten note

Ceiling of Staircase, Palazzo Mattei

ca. 1750-55

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