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  • image SM Adam volume 3/15

Reference number

SM Adam volume 3/15

Purpose

[7] Alternative finished drawing for a pier glass frame for John Adam, c.1772, executed status unknown

Aspect

Same as the alternative half of the design in SM Adam volume 3/95 but with linking festoons between the pier legs instead of a continuous circle made from calyx, and with the candelabra on the outer piers omitted

Scale

bar scale of 2 ½ inches to 1 foot

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 (345x465)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or William Hamilton

Watermark

LVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Harris, 1963, p.49
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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