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[46] Design for an overmantel mirror frame for the circular ante-room, 1777, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/167
Purpose
[46] Design for an overmantel mirror frame for the circular ante-room, 1777, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of an overmantel mirror frame divided into five compartments by urns and bands of calyx. Each compartment has a semi-circular head bordered with a band of calyx, each alternatively surmounted by coronets and recumbent lions. Beneath this there are rosettes and festoons of beading
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for the Circular Anti room at Lady Home's in Portman Square- / 167
Signed and dated
- 1777
1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including cerulean blue on laid paper (291 x 407)
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Harris, 1963, p. 57
Whinney, 1969, pp. 51, 66-7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, p. 26
Harris, 1963, p. 57
Whinney, 1969, pp. 51, 66-7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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