[31] Design for a mirror frame for the library, 1782, as executed

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/232

Purpose

[31] Design for a mirror frame for the library, 1782, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a tripartite overmantel mirror frame with tapered stiles surmounted by enclosed rosettes, and a central candelabrum. Above is a horizontal compartment containing enclosed rosettes with festoons above and topped with urns. In the centre of the horizontal compartment is an enclosed rosette with calyx drops, with festoons and hanging baskets. Above is a fluted frieze and pedestal surmounted by sphinx and a central armillary sphere

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame over Chimney in the Library / at Cullean / a / o / o / a / P / new plate / P / 232 with some room dimensions

Signed and dated

3/1782
Adelphi / March 1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured wash including Naples yellow and cerulean on laid paper (263x449)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

J KOOL surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Notes

This mirror was relocated to the eating room in the 1870s during the alterations by Waldrop and Reid.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 9
Harris, 2001, p. 330-332
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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