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[54] Design for a glass frame, 1780, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/219
Purpose
[54] Design for a glass frame, 1780, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of an oval mirror frame suspended from a central rosette flanked by swags and drop calyx. The rosette has an apron of anthemia and calyx enclosed within olive branch wreaths. The oval mirror frame is ornamented with an oval band of roundels enclosing calyx, and an oval band of fluting. The mirror frame has an apron of rosettes, calyx and arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for the Duke of Roxburghe- / 219
Signed and dated
- 1780
1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including cerulean blue and Indian yellow on laid paper (173 x 383)
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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