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[23] Design for a mirror frame for the drawing room, 1778, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/180
Purpose
[23] Design for a mirror frame for the drawing room, 1778, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a mirror frame, surmounted by corner pedestals bearing urns, and a central figurative roundel, flanked by winged sphinxes supporting cornices. The cornices are ornamented with corner anthemia and crockets, and the roundel is surmounted by arabesques supporting an urn
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/8 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for the Drawing room at Mistley Hall / 180
Signed and dated
- 1778
Adelphi / August 1778-
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow, Naples yellow and violet on laid paper (245 x 428)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 22
Harris, 1963, p. 50
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 249
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 50
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 249
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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