The Adam Collection comprises designs for six chimneypieces from drawings from the office of Robert and James Adam. The collection is made under exclusive licence from Sir John Soane’s Museum, which holds the largest collection of drawings by the great 18th century architect.
Designed in 1775 for William Locke Esq., for 21 Portman Square, London, a property built by the Adam brothers three years earlier. Locke was an art connoisseur and patron who started his collection following a Grand Tour in 1749.
