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[30] Design for an overmantel mirror frame for the first library, 1779, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/214
Purpose
[30] Design for an overmantel mirror frame for the first library, 1779, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite, overmantel mirror frame, with tapering stiles terminating in rosettes. The central compartment is surmounted by a panel containing a cameo flanked by festoons of husks. Above this there is a pedestal supporting an urn, and this is flanked by festoons, putti, and palmettes. The flanking compartments are surmounted by winged sphinxes
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame over Chimney in first Library room at Roxburghe House / 214 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- September 1779
18.t Sep.r 1779. / (cropped)
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow, cerulean blue and pink on laid (297 x 447)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
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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