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[32] Design for a pier glass and table for the first library, 1779, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/216
Purpose
[32] Design for a pier glass and table for the first library, 1779, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a pier table as SM Adam volume 20/215. Above this there is an elevation for a semi-circular-headed pier glass frame supported by a base ornamented with part paterae set within fans, with a band of lozenges in between. The frame has stiles in the form of tapering term pilasters, with urns set in between, and the capitals contain ovals ornamented with winged griffins. The head of the mirror frame is ornamented with semi-circular bands of olive leaf, with a central roundel depicting an eagle set within a wreath. The mirror frame is surmounted by an urn ornamented with anthemia and ram masks, and bearing an anthemion
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Duke of Roxburgh’s 1.st Library / 216 / new (pencil) / new (pencil) / new (pencil) / new (pencil) / Magoney (sic) tops (pencil) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- September 1779
18.t Sep.r 1779. (cropped)
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (298 x 471)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Watermark
J KOOL surmounted by a fleur-de-lis set within a crowned cartouche
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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