SM Adam volume 20/220

[55] Unfinished design for a pier glass frame, 1780, possibly executed

Elevation of a pier glass frame with a base ornamented with roundels. The left-hand roundel contains figures, and the right hand roundel contains an urn surmounted by an anthemion. The frame has paired Corinthian pilasters stiles, with a candelabrum and an oil burner set in between. The left-hand candelabrum is in the form of an urn ornamented with gadrooning, and this is flanked by calyx supporting two candle branches in the form of tubular flowers. The right-hand burner is in the form of a tripod ornamented with ram masks and supporting an oil burner in the form of an urn. The mirror frame has a central band ornamented with a rosette roundel surmounted by a tubular flower and anthemion, and this is flanked by winged sphinxes and pedestals supporting urns. The central band has an apron of festoons of husks, which suspend a peltoid shield and drop calyx. The central compartment is surmounted by a tablet containing an oval depicting a reclining figure, and this is flanked by swags and rosettes. The tablet has an apron of festoons of husks, and is surmounted by calyx supporting an urn bearing festoons