[55] Unfinished design for a pier glass frame, 1780, 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)
      - Unfinished design for a pier glass frame, 1780, possibly executed (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/220

Purpose

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

Aspect

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

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for the Duke of Roxburghe- / This is the righ[t] (cropped) / 220

Signed and dated

1780
Adelphi (cropped) / 1780

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (245 x 437)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

IV 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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