[45] Design for a mirror frame for the ante room, 1778, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Apsley House, Piccadilly, London: plans, elevations, section and designs for the interior, and an elevation for the gatehouse, for the 2nd Earl Bathurst, 1771-1779 (56)
      - Designs for a mirror frame and girandole for the ante room, 1778, possibly executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/168

Purpose

[45] Design for a mirror frame for the ante room, 1778, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame ornamented with a border of fluting and rosettes. The frame is surmounted by an urn, ornamented with Vitruvian scroll and husks, supported by a socle ornamented with rosettes and festoons

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for the Anti room at Apsley House and dimensions given

Signed and dated

January 1778
Adelphi. / 31st Janry 1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (259 x 448)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Notes

It is not known whether this design was executed.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, p. 57
Harris, 2001(b), p. 100
Lea, 2005, p. 11
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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