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[3] Finished drawing for a mirror frame, 1783; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/246
Purpose
[3] Finished drawing for a mirror frame, 1783; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite mirror frame, articulated by terms supporting cornucopia, and ornamented with an oval medallion flanked by festoons, drops of calyx, fans, ram masks, calyx, anthemia and candle branches. The base rail is divided into five rectangular compartments by drops of calyx, and each compartment contains an enclosed rosette encircled by four calyx. The frame is surmounted by tripod perfume burners and griffons flanking an urn supported by a rinceaux base, and containing flowers
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 B with new side pieces
Signed and dated
- 1783
Adelphi [partially cropped] and datable to 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow and sepia on laid paper (324 x 450)
Hand
Adam office hand, probably Robert Morison
Watermark
IV
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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