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[6] Unfinished design for a tripartite mirror frame for the great parlour, 1783, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/244
Purpose
[6] Unfinished design for a tripartite mirror frame for the great parlour, 1783, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite mirror fame with tapering pilaster stiles and capitals formed from rosettes and tubular flowers. There is a pedestal base formed with Doric pilasters flanking mirrored panels, and the frame is surmounted by a central compartment containing a figurative roundel and swags. The compartment is bordered by calyx, flanked by reclining figures bearing musical instruments, and is surmounted by a socle supporting an urn
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
244
Signed and dated
- May 1783
Adelphi / 19. May 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris and cerulean blue on laid paper (294 x 430)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Verso
Unfinished design for a tripartite mirror frame (pencil) as SM Adam volume 20/244 with minor alterations, with the frame surmounted by a recumbent lion. Great Parlor at Mr Weavers, bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Watermark
Banded cartouche surmounted by a fleur-de-lis
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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