[5] Design for a pier glass frame, 1784; it is not known if this design was executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Mr Nettleship: designs for a pier glass and two chimneypieces; it is not known if these designs were executed, 1783-84 (5)
    - Variant preliminary design and designs for a pier glass frame, 1784; it is not known if this design was executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 3/17

Purpose

[5] Design for a pier glass frame, 1784; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a pier glass mirror frame as Adam volume 20/256, but with the addition of a pencil-drawn wreath around the mask in the apron, and in the upper portion of the frame is shown a pencil-drawn fan arranged around a segmental medallion, and flanked by enclosed rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Signed and dated

1784
datable to 1784

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow, sepia and cerulean blue in laid paper (259 x 392)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

Cartouche surmounted by fleur de lis

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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