[7] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame for the drawing room, 1773, executed with alterations

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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    - Northumberland House, The Strand, London: designs for the drawing room and dining room for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1770-79 (24)
      - Design and finished drawing for a pier glass and overmantel mirror frame, and finished drawing and working drawing for the chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, 1773-74, SM Adam volumes 20/17-18 and 22/55 executed with alterations, SM Adam volume 18/53 as executed (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/18

Purpose

[7] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame for the drawing room, 1773, executed with alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a tripartite pier glass frame articulated by turned legs ornamented with acanthus leaves, enclosed rosettes, and calyx. The base rail is ornamented with arabesques, rosettes, acanthus leaves, anthemia, and rosettes, and is surmounted by urns, calyx, tubular flowers, rosettes, festoons, and a central oval medallion

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Pier Glass for the Drawing room at Northumberland House

Signed and dated

26/06/1773
Adelphi / 26. June 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (226 x 469)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 42
Harris, 1963, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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