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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/140

Purpose

[32] Unfinished design for a mirror frame for the second drawing room, 1774, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a mirror frame ornamented with a band of anthemia and calyx, and a band of laurel leaf tips. The frame is surmounted by a central oval cameo which supports arabesques and rosettes bearing an anthemion. The cameo is flanked by pairs of armorial supporters in the form of greyhounds and cameos containing lekythoi. Above this there are panels containing anthemia, figurative roundels supporting anthemia, and further lekythoi

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass Frame for the 2.d Drawing Room at Ashburnham House / 140

Signed and dated

  • August 1774
    Adelphi / 25.t Aug.st 1774.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including violet and Indian yellow on laid paper (289 x 446)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Adam or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

King, 2001, Volume I, p. 298
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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