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[32] Unfinished design for a mirror frame for the second drawing room, 1774, possibly executed
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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
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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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