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[1] Preliminary design of a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, 1783, possibly as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/161
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design of a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, 1783, possibly as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with stiles ornamented with patera, figure-of-eight wreaths, and beading, a frieze of medallions containing military trophies and enclosed by wreaths, and oval figurative medallions in the capitals. The chimneypiece is surmounted by a segmental-headed arched overmantel mirror frame ornamented with terms, a medallion containing three putti, festoons, and swags of fringed drapery
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Chimney Piece & Glass for Mrs Cornwall Portland Place and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1783
1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including cerulean blue and Indian yellow on laid paper (293 x 442)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly James Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 45
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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