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[57] Unfinished design for a pier glass frame for the state bedchamber, 1775
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/46
Purpose
[57] Unfinished design for a pier glass frame for the state bedchamber, 1775
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular pier glass frame, ornamented with calyx, and anthemia, and surmounted by winged sphinxes, a medallion, rosettes, enclosed drops of calyx, ram masks, and putti flanking an urn, and with pencil-drawn annotations to the left-hand side
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for the Bed Chamber at Osterly
Signed and dated
- May 1775
Adelphi / 15t May 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris, Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (317 x 472)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 83
Tomlin, 1972, p. 63
Harris, 2001, p. 173
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 51, 83
Tomlin, 1972, p. 63
Harris, 2001, p. 173
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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