[13] Unfinished design for a pier glass frame for the eating room, 1773, possibly executed

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    - St James's Square, number 20, London, designs for a house and interiors for Watkin Williams-Wynn, c1772-1777 (99)
      - Unfinished design for a pier glass frame for the eating room, 1772, possibly executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/131

Purpose

[13] Unfinished design for a pier glass frame for the eating room, 1773, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a mirror frame ornamented with bands of laurel leaf tips. The mirror frame is surmounted by a fan which contains a part-patera, calyx and rosettes. The fan supports an urn ornamented with bands of beading and fluting, and this is flanked by draped, reclining figures bearing festoons of husks

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Pier Glass for the Eating room at Sir Watkin Wynn’s / This Glass without any top (pencil) / Window Architrave / Window Architrave / Surbase / 131 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

August 1773
Adelphi August 21.st 1773.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (277 x 413)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

LVG surmounted by a fleur de lis set within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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