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[20] Finished drawing for a mirror frame for the great room, 1768, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/64
Purpose
[20] Finished drawing for a mirror frame for the great room, 1768, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular frame ornamented with beading, lilies, anthemia, egg and dart moulding, arabesques and a vase, and surmounted by two sculpted female figures seated either side of an oval panel depicting a vase surmounted by an anthemion
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/8 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for the Dining room at The Earl of Coventry's in Piccadilly
Signed and dated
- 1768
1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue washes on laid paper (291 x 422)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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