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  • image SM Adam volume 24/153

Reference number

SM Adam volume 24/153

Purpose

Design for a chimneypiece and preliminary design for an overmantel mirror frame, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece, with Ionic columnar styles and a frieze with a central blank tablet. Above this there is an oval mirror frame, which is set within a wreath. The mirror glass is ornamented with a tubular flower, which is surmounted by candle branches and a central mask and anthemion, set within wreaths. The frame is surmounted by a further anthemia, set within a wreath, which is flanked by festoons. The frame is flanked by pedestals supporting urns, which are surmounted by a band of guilloche

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

152

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (411x253)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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