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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/223

Purpose

[3] Record drawing for a mirror frame, 1769, executed status unknown

Aspect

Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame adorned with patera, fluting, enclosed rosettes and egg and dart moulding, flanked by term consoles supporting acanthus capitals and terminating in drops of calyx. Above the frame are rinceau with anthemion flanking scrolling foliage with a central shell with drops of calyx which connect to a continuous festoon with calyx drops that divide the mirror into five compartments

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for Lord Kenowle / 223

Signed and dated

  • 1769
    1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (371x451)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Verso

Preliminary design for a mirror frame, in pencil, drawn over a preliminary design for a ceiling plan

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 55
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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