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[4] Preliminary design for a pier glass frame for John Adam, c.1772, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/38
Purpose
[4] Preliminary design for a pier glass frame for John Adam, c.1772, executed status unknown
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite pier glass frame articulated by terms supporting panels surmounted by griffons, with linking festoons that contain drops with enclosed rosettes and, in the centre, a peltoid shield. The terms sit on decorative entablatures surmounted by swans with linking festoons, which terminate in pedestals on a raised platform. Surmounting the frame ia roundelcontaining the Adam crest
Scale
to a rough scale
Inscribed
Pier Glass for Mr J Adam . Edinbg / North
Signed and dated
- c.1772
datable to c.1772
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (325x491)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton
Watermark
LVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 12
Harris, 1963, p.49
Brown, 1993, pp. 82-92
Further literary references in scheme notes
Harris, 1963, p.49
Brown, 1993, pp. 82-92
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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