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[24] Design for an overmantel mirror frame for the great drawing room (now the portico room), 1778, possibly executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/170
Purpose
[24] Design for an overmantel mirror frame for the great drawing room (now the portico room), 1778, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of an overmantel mirror frame surmounted by a central figurative medallion which is part enclosed within a fan surrounded by ram masks and festoons. Above this, there is an urn ornamented with gadroons. All of this is flanked by crockets and alternative designs of festoons and corner tripods supporting urns
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Glass frame to be placed over the Chimney in the Drawing room at Bathurst House and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- January 1778
Adelphi / 31st Janry 1778.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue (290 x 454)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
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.
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
Exhibition history
Original Drawings of Robert and James Adam, Kenwood House, London, 1953
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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