[1] Preliminary design for a pier glass frame for John Adam, c.1772, executed status unknown

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  - John Adam: preliminary designs and finished drawings for three pier glass frames, c.1772, executed status unknown (7)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 3/26

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a pier glass frame for John Adam, c.1772, executed status unknown

Aspect

Elevation of a pier glass frame comprising two halves. The upper half comprises a tripartite frame which is articulated by two moulded legs terminating in tubular flowers at the top with figures above. In the centre are a series of wreaths diminishing in size, terminating in three enclosed rosettes with festoons in between. The base comprises a large platform with a central urn raised on a calyx pair. The lower half contains a circular mirror with winged half-figures at the upper corners supporting festoons with a peltoid shield hanging from the centre. At the base are two griffons on a raised platform

Scale

bar scale of 2 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Pier Glass for M^r J. Adam Edinb^g / Top of Table

Signed and dated

c.1772
datable to c.1772

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (339x505)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 12
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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