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