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[3] Finished drawing for an overmantel mirror frame, c1787, not known to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/196
Purpose
[3] Finished drawing for an overmantel mirror frame, c1787, not known to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of an overmantel mirror frame, with a base rail of lobes, supporting candelabra, winged griffons, and arabesques supporting an oval mirror frame composed of a wreath attended by figure-of-eight ribbons, and terms holding festoons, and the frame is surmounted by a roundel within a wreath, enclosing an anthemion, and this is flanked by festoons, and surmounted by an eagle
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- c1787
datable to c1787
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (298 x 449)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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