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[2] Preliminary design for a pier glass frame for John Adam, c.1772, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/94
Purpose
[2] Preliminary design for a pier glass frame for John Adam, c.1772, executed status unknown
Aspect
Same as SM Adam volume 3/15 and 26 with slight variation and additional detailing. There is a lion head in the top central wreath of the pier glass and the figures on the flanking tubular flowers are putti riding swans. The griffons in the lower half have been replaced with an arabesque and central candelabrum, with flanking urns on a raised platform
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- c.1772
datable to c.1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (250x428)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton
Watermark
VI
Level
Drawing
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