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  • image SM Adam volume 20/73

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/73

Purpose

[110] Finished drawing for chinoiserie mirror frames, 1769

Aspect

Elevation of a tripartite mirror frame, with a central compartment containing an oval mirror painted with a pagoda sheltering an urn on a pedestal, and framed within rinceaux, with outer, rectangular compartments containing calyx, and ovals enclosing drops of tubular flowers, with an apron of festoons, fans, rinceaux, and bell flowers, and surmounted by calyx, bell flowers, rinceaux, tubular flowers, anthemia, and an oval chinoiserie landscape medallion, flanked by seated chinoiserie figures

Scale

1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Signed and dated

  • February 1769
    Febry 1769

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (291 x 424)

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 16
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 24
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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