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[40] Unfinished design for a pier glass frame for the first drawing room, 1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/123
Purpose
[40] Unfinished design for a pier glass frame for the first drawing room, 1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a mirror frame ornamented with bands of acanthus leaves, and the frame is surmounted by a fluted socle base supporting a figurative oval bearing an anthemion. The oval is flanked by bows, arrows, quivers, and winged putti bearing further arrows
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for the Pier in the first Drawing room at Sir Watkin Wynn’s / 123 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- September 1773
Adelphi Sep.r 14.t / 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (283 x 440)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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