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[108] Preliminary design for chinoiserie mirror frames, 1769
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 18/30
Purpose
[108] Preliminary design for chinoiserie mirror frames, 1769
Aspect
Rough elevation of a tripartite mirror frame, with a central compartment containing an oval mirror painted with a pagoda, and framed within rinceaux, with outer, rectangular compartments containing enclosed rosettes, with an apron of festoons, rinceaux, and calyx, and surmounted by tubular flowers, half-figures, and rinceaux
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Edw Lascelles Esq
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (186 x 281)
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 24
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 24
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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