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[24] Design for a mirror frame for the drawing room, 1778, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/181
Purpose
[24] Design for a mirror frame for the drawing room, 1778, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a mirror frame surmounted by a figurative roundel. Swags link to pilasters supporting a platform behind. This has a frieze of laurel leaf tips and supports an urn, flanked by figures bearing festoons and further urns. All this is flanked by winged griffins forming grotesques
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/8 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for the Drawing room at Mistley Hall / 181
Signed and dated
- August 1778
Adelphi / August 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow, Naples yellow violet and pink (292 x 438)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
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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