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[18] Record drawing for a glass frame for the dining room, 1778, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/184
Purpose
[18] Record drawing for a glass frame for the dining room, 1778, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a mirror frame, as SM Adam volume 20/183
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/8 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for the Eating room at Mistley Hall / 184
Signed and dated
- August 1778
Adelphi / Aug.st 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (292 x 423)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Verso
Preliminary design for a girandole, with a shell flanked by festoons of calyx forming a wall fixing, this suspends a rosette and a wreath of calyx enclosing a cameo. This has an apron of ram masks, with two flanking candle branches
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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