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[22] Alternative record drawing for a mirror in the dining room, 1780
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/237
Purpose
[22] Alternative record drawing for a mirror in the dining room, 1780
Aspect
Elevation of an oval fluted mirror frame ornamented with an anthemion base from which spring arabesques and candle branches, surmounted by an oval medallion decorated with acanthus leaves and suspended from a circular medallion flanked by festoons
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Glass frame for the Pier opposite the Chimney in the / Eating room at Saltram
Signed and dated
- November 1780
Adelphi / 22nd Novr 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (277 x 442)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 27
Harris, 2001, p. 241
For full literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 241
For full literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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