[37] Design for an overmantel mirror frame for the second library, 1779, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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    - Roxburghe House, Hanover Square, London, designs for a house and interiors for John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, c1775-79 (55)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/217

Purpose

[37] Design for an overmantel mirror frame for the second library, 1779, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a tripartite, overmantel mirror frame with fluted stiles. The central compartment has a semi-circular head flanked by winged half-figures supporting festoons of husks. Above this there is a central roundel depicting a putto, and this is surmounted by an anthemion. The top of each compartment is ornamented with a semi-circular-headed band, and are surmounted by foil with trefoil pinnacles

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Glass for the second Library room at Roxburghe House / 217 / new (pencil) / new (pencil)

Signed and dated

September 1779
Adelphi / 25.t Sep.r 1779.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including cerulean blue, pink and Indian yellow on laid paper (298 x 446)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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