[7] Finished drawing for an overmantel for the front drawing room, 1770

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - London
    - Berkeley Square, number 15 (later number 38), London: designs for interior decoration for Robert Child, 1768-76 (19)
      - Alternative preliminary design and finished drawings for an overmantel for the front drawing room, 1770-71 (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/38

Purpose

[7] Finished drawing for an overmantel for the front drawing room, 1770

Aspect

Elevation of an overmantel, tripartite mirror frame, articulated by terms ornamented with calyx, and surmounted by tubular flowers, and further calyx, forming curved tops to each of the three compartments of the mirror. The central compartment has bands of calyx coming together to form a heart-shape, which is surmounted by a medallion

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Glass to be placed over the Chimney in the Front Drawing Room at Mr Childs / in Berkly Square

Signed and dated

1770
1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (358 x 584)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

XD&C within a cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 35
Harris, 1963, p. 54
Harris, 2000, p. 43
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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