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[6] Preliminary design for a mirror frame, 1775
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/157
Purpose
[6] Preliminary design for a mirror frame, 1775
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite mirror frame, articulated by tapering pilasters ornamented with drops of calyx, surmounted by enclosed patera, and turned legs, with a base rail ornamented with enclosed rosettes, and the top rail of the outer compartments is ornamented with enclosed anthemia, and surmounted by rinceau, and half putti supporting the central portion of the mirror, which has a top rail ornamented with laurel leaves, and surmounted by winged sphinxes, flanking a medallion, and supporting an urn
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for Hutchinson Mure Esqr / (and in pencil) each plate 30£ more than / the plate is the Memorandum
Signed and dated
- 1775
datable to 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (292 x 408)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 15
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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