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[50] Alternative preliminary design for a pier glass frame for the eating room, 1770, as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/68
Purpose
[50] Alternative preliminary design for a pier glass frame for the eating room, 1770, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of an oval mirror frame, with an apron of rinceau, and a central shell, and surmounted by half figures, rinceau, an urn surmounted by an anthemion, and hung from a lion mask enclosed within a fan
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for Lord Coventry / from top of Pa[cropped] / to Cornice
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (289 x 439)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
Murdoch, 1992, p. 47
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
Murdoch, 1992, p. 47
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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