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  • image SM Adam volume 3/18

Reference number

SM Adam volume 3/18

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing 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. The central platform comprises Vitruvian scroll decoration at each side, with a central tablet ornamanted by a enclosed rosettes suspending a garland with rosettes above. The low raised platform is decorated with guilloche and fluted moulding

Scale

bar scale of 2 ½ inches to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • c.1772
    datable to c.1772

Medium and dimensions

datable to c.1772

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton

Watermark

LVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Level

No level

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