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  • image SM Adam volume 18/25

Reference number

SM Adam volume 18/25

Purpose

[107] Preliminary design for chinoiserie mirror frames, 1769

Aspect

Rough elevation of a tripartite mirror frame, articulated by drops of calyx, and terms, and ornamented with an apron of festoons, medallions, tubular flowers, urns, birds, enclosed rosettes, peltoid shields, rinceaux, and a small pagoda-style top

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Mr Lascelles

Signed and dated

  • 1769
    datable to 1769

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (314 x345)

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 24
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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