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Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/208
Purpose
Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with plain Doric styles and a frieze containing a central tablet, which is ornamented with a rosette, flanked by swags and has an apron of guttae. Behind the tablet there is a band of fluting, and the mantel is ornamented with a band of guilloche. Above this there is an elevation of an overmantel, tripartite mirror frame, with tapering pilaster styles ornamented with rosettes set within roundels. The frame has a frieze consisting of a blank central tablet and a band of guilloche. The frame is surmounted by an urn, which is ornamented with a central rosette, festoons of husks and ram masks. The urn is flanked by acroteria, which support calyx surmounted by anthemia
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
208
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including cerulean blue and Indian yellow on laid paper (283x398)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand
Adam office hand
Level
Drawing
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