[38] 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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  - London
    - 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 20/218

Purpose

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

Aspect

Elevation of a tripartite, overmantel mirror frame as SM Adam volume 20/217, but with minor alterations. The central roundel is replaced with the Roxburghe crest depicting a rosette surmounted by a unicorn, and the winged figures are replaced with half-satyrs. The surmounting ornamentation of the flanking compartments terminate in urns

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame over Chimney in 2.d Library room at Roxburghe House- (underwritten in pencil) / 218 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

September 1779
Adelphi / 18.t Sep.r 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including cerulean blue and Indian yellow on laid paper (333 x 492)

Hand

Possibly
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.

Level

Drawing

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