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[110] Finished drawing for chinoiserie mirror frames, 1769
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
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.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 24
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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