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[6] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame for John Adam, c.1772, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/19
Purpose
[6] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame for John Adam, c.1772, executed status unknown
Aspect
Elevation of a pier glass, same as SM Adam 3/38 with the addition of candelabras below the central two terms. The panels that the terms support contain Vitruvian scroll decoration and the raised platform is decorated with guilloche and rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 2 ½ inches to 1 feet
Signed and dated
- c.1772
datable to c.1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (349x466)
Hand
Possibly
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (349x466)
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (349x466)
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY
Literature
Harris, 1963, p.49
Further literary references in scheme notes
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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