[18] Design for a mirror frame for the library, 1776, possibly executed

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    - Ashburnham House, 19 Dover Street, London, for John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham, c1773-76 (47)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/145

Purpose

[18] Design for a mirror frame for the library, 1776, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a tripartite mirror frame with a curved head. The base is ornamented with a band of continuous ovals enclosing rosettes, and the stiles are formed with paired, tapering term pilasters with pedestals ornamented with paterae and a frieze of fluting. The frame is surmounted by a tablet containing a cameo flanked by festoons of husks and rosettes, and the tablet supports a tripod bearing an oil lamp draped in festoons, and this is flanked by winged sphinxes bearing paterae. The tablet is flanked by curved bands ornamented with anthemia and calyx enclosed within semi-circular headed compartments

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Glass frame for the Library at Ashburnham House / 145

Signed and dated

July 1776
Adelphi 10t Ju(cropped) / July 1776.

Medium and dimensions

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

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

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

Level

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