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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/11

Purpose

[8] Design for pier glass frame for the gallery, 1765, uexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a rectangular pier glass frame ornamented with acanthus leaves, anthemia, and surmounted by an urn enclosed within a wreath

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Frame for a Glass of 8 feet 9 1/4 Ins by 4 feet 8 3/4 Ins / for Sir Laurence Dundass Bart. / Line of Architrave / Line of Architrave / Surbase Moulding

Signed and dated

  • 1765
    Robt Adam Architect 1765

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (387 x 376)

Hand

Adam office hands, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith

Literature

Harris, 1963, pp. 53, 77
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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