[11] Preliminary design for mirror frame with semicircular top for the drawing room, as executed, 1772

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    - 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 3/66

Purpose

[11] Preliminary design for mirror frame with semicircular top for the drawing room, as executed, 1772

Aspect

Rough elevation of a mirror frame ornamented with terms, urns, a candelabra and surmounted by griffons

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

October 1772
datable to c. October 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (211 x 180)

Hand

Robert Adam

Verso

Rough sketch of a coastal scene

Literature

Harris, 1995, pp. 71-73
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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