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[70] Designs for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame for Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn’s bedchamber, 1774, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/14
Purpose
[70] Designs for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame for Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn’s bedchamber, 1774, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame. The chimneypiece lining is bordered with a band of egg and dart moulding, and the stiles are ornamented with scroll work terminating in acanthus leaves. The frieze is ornamented with arabesques supporting anthemia, and the anthemia alternate with poppies. Above the frieze there are bands of dentils and laurel leaf tips.
The overmantel mirror frame is ornamented with a band of acanthus leaves and calyx, and a band of laurel leaf tips. There is a frieze of rosettes enclosed within a band of lozenges, and the lozenges are separated by calyx. The mirror frame is surmounted by bands of laurel leaf tips, a semi-circular-headed band, and a central tablet. The tablet contains calyx, arabesques and rosettes, and it supports a pedestal ornamented with strigilation. The pedestal bears draped figures supporting an urn, and the tablet is flanked by busts
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Chimney Piece for Sir W.W. Wynn’s Bed Chamber. / 14
Signed and dated
- January 1774
Adelphi January 25th / 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (459 x 292)
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. 49
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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