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[1] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame, 1783; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/247
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame, 1783; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular pier glass frame, with a fluted and beaded frame. Along the bottom rail is a tablet containing lozenges and an enclosed rosette, and with an apron of festoons and ram masks. The top rail is ornamented with a tablet containing three enclosed rosettes, and festoons, and the frame is surmounted by sphinxes with rinceaux tails flanking an oval medallion surmounted by an anthemion
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Glass frame for John Kenrick Esqr. / to suit the Glasses mark’d A
Signed and dated
- 1783
Adelphi and datable to 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow and sepia on laid paper (324 x 446)
Hand
Adam office hand, probably Robert Morison
Watermark
JKOOL surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 55
Harris, 1963, p. 47
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, p. 47
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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