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[10] Design for pier glass frame for the gallery, 1765, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/12
Purpose
[10] Design for pier glass frame for the gallery, 1765, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular pier glass frame, ornamented with drops of calyx, strigils, acanthus leaves, rosettes, anthemia, with an apron of acanthus leaves, rosettes, and an anthemion, and surmounted by acanthus leaves, anthemia, rosettes, and an urn enclosed within a wreath, and with pencil-drawn annotations showing a different arrangement around the urn
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Frame for a Glass of 8 feet 8 Ins by 5 feet / for Sir Laurence Dundass Bart / Surbase Moulding
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Naples yellow and sepia on laid paper (373 x 560)
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
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