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[12] Design for an overmantel mirror frame, c1783, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/243
Purpose
[12] Design for an overmantel mirror frame, c1783, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of an overmantel, five-part mirror frame with tapering pilaster stiles, with bases ornamented with rosettes, and fluted capitals bearing miniature tablets. Above this there is a frieze of fluting, surmounted by small urns and a central mirrored compartment. The compartment has turned supports and a frieze of fluting, with an apron of calyx and festoons of beading. All this is surmounted by a figurative cameo bearing a crown, flanked by swans and urns
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
243
Signed and dated
- c1783
c1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (329 x 428)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
J KOOL surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Harris, 1963, p. 58
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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