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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/165

Purpose

[39] Design for an overmantel mirror frame for the second drawing room, 1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a tripartite overmantel mirror frame. The stiles formed from tapering terms, with a base ornamented with a fan surmounted by a pedestal bearing an urn flanked by candle branches. The terms bear festoons from which there is a centrally suspended rosette. The frame is surmounted by a central cameo and half-putto bearing a cornucopia. All this is surrounded by arabesques and there are corner anthemia

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/8 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Glass for the 2.d Drawing room at Lady Home's / 165 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • May 1777
    Adelphi / May 1777 / Adel[phi] (cropped) / May

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including cerulean blue and Indian yellow on laid paper (409 x 601)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 16-17, 26
Harris, 1963, p. 57
Lewis, 1967, p. 448
Whinney, 1969, pp. 50, 65
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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