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[24] Unfinished design for an overmantel mirror frame for the ante-room, c1777, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/164
Purpose
[24] Unfinished design for an overmantel mirror frame for the ante-room, c1777, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of an overmantel mirror frame divided into five compartments. The central compartment is surmounted by a rosette enclosed within a fan with an apron of foil, festoons, a rosette enclosed within a wreath and a pendent oil lamp. All this is surmounted by a pedestal with a lion mask supporting a basket of flowers and flanked by calyx and tubular flowers. The central compartment is flanked by crenellations and further fans supporting baskets of flowers, and all this has aprons of festoons. The overmantel mirror frame is flanked by alternative preliminary designs for wall brackets with candle branches
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame over 1st. Anti room Chimney at Lady Home's in Portman Square / 164 bottom right corner figures listed (pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1777
Adelphi / 11. Oct 177[_] (cropped)
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and colured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (351 x 505)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Harris, 1963, p. 57
Whinney, 1969, pp. 44, 63
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Harris, 1963, p. 57
Whinney, 1969, pp. 44, 63
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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