[14] Finished drawing for mirror frame with semicircular top for the drawing room, as executed, 1772

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Bolton House, Southampton Row, London: designs for interior decoration for the 6th Duke of Bolton, June 1770 - August 1777, demolished 1913 (30)
      - Preliminary design, finished drawings and a record drawing for mirror frames with semicircular tops for the drawing room, as executed, 1772 (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/84

Purpose

[14] Finished drawing for mirror frame with semicircular top for the drawing room, as executed, 1772

Aspect

Elevation of a tripartite mirror frame ornamented with a coat of arms, armorial hounds, an eagle, lanterns and urns, surmounted by two seated female figures and medallions

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for the end of the Drawing room at Bolton House and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

October 1772
Adelphi / 22d Octr 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (326 x 420)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Notes

The principal mirror frame was ornamented with armorial hounds, a unifying motif also found in the overdoors, frieze and chimneypiece.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Harris, 1995, pp. 71-73
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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