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[7] Design for an alternative pier glass for the bedroom, 1787, not known to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/91
Purpose
[7] Design for an alternative pier glass for the bedroom, 1787, not known to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of two mirror frames. The mirror frame on the left-hand side is as Adam volume 3/36, but to scale. The right-hand mirror frame is rectangular, and ornamented with laurel leaf tips, with a rosette in each corner, and a rosette enclosed within a wreath on the base rail, and the frame has a central tablet at the top, surmounted by a flaming urn
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frames for Bed Chamber (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- December 1787
Decr. 15t. 1787.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (477 x 296)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
PORTAL & BRIDGES
Literature
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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