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[64] Unfinished design for an overmantel mirror frame for Lady Williams-Wynn’s dressing room, 1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/129
Purpose
[64] Unfinished design for an overmantel mirror frame for Lady Williams-Wynn’s dressing room, 1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of an overmantel mirror frame ornamented with bands of acanthus leaf and laurel leaf tips. The frame is surmounted by a figurative oval bordered with beading, and this supports ribbons and an anthemion. The figurative oval is flanked by arabesques and rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass over Chimney in Lady Wynn’s Dressing Room / Medalion to be placed up on the (pencil) / molding without the Knot & (pencil) / Honey suckle [_ _ _ _ _] (pencil) / to remain (pencil) / Chimney / Surbase / 129 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- August 1773
Adelphi August 21.st 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (261 x 395)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY
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
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