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[8] Preliminary design for a mirror frame for the drawing room, c1776-78
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/45
Purpose
[8] Preliminary design for a mirror frame for the drawing room, c1776-78
Aspect
Rough elevation of a tripartite mirror frame, within a pencil-drawn relieving arch or apse, ornamented with terms, festoons, an urn, griffons, a fan, and surmounted by an oval medallion. To the right-hand side of the sheet is a partially drawn table in pen, and below is a pencil-drawn window
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Mrs St Johns Drawing Room
Signed and dated
- 1776-1778
datable to 1776-78
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on sugar paper (273 x 371)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
Harris, 1963, Index p. 52
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 52
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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