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  • image SM Adam volume 20/153

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/153

Purpose

[9] Preliminary design for pier glass and overmantel mirror frames for the drawing room, 1776

Aspect

Elevation of a rectangular pier glass frame, ornamented with waterleaf, and surmounted by an urn, and with a pencil-drawn annotation showing a large-scale detail and section of the frame

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass for the Piers between Windows in Drawing room for / Anthony Chamier Esqr at Epsom / bottom of frieze (in pencil) / at large (in pencil) / Top of Slab (in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • May 1776
    Adelphi / May 20t 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (266 x 389)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
Harris, 1963, Index p. 49
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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