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Design for a chimneypiece and preliminary design for an overmantel mirror frame, ND
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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
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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