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[23] Design for an overmantel mirror frame and girandoles for the music room, 1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/132
Purpose
[23] Design for an overmantel mirror frame and girandoles for the music room, 1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of an overmantel mirror frame flanked by girandoles. The mirror frame is ornamented with bands of calyx and laurel leaf tips, and is surmounted by a mask set within a rosette and a wreath. The wreath is flanked by calyx supporting anthemia, lyres and arabesques. The girandoles are formed with tubular flowers surmounted by putti, which support lyres ornamented with ram masks and festoons. The lyres are surmounted by masks and arabesques supporting fans and anthemia. The lyres are flanked by four candle branches, with tubular flowers forming the candle holders
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame over Music room Chimney for Sir Watkin Wynne / Chimney / 132 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- August 1773
Adelphi Aug.st 9.t 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (291 x 439)
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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