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[6] Record drawing for pier glass frame for the drawing room, above a sideboard table, 1771
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/92
Purpose
[6] Record drawing for pier glass frame for the drawing room, above a sideboard table, 1771
Aspect
Elevation of a sideboard table with bun feet, and ornamented with fluting, below a rectangular mirror frame ornamented with a peltoid shield surmounted by a mask, fluting, arabesques, and hung from guilloche enclosing a rosette and anthemia, garlands and a lion mask
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass & Table frame for the Drawing room for Dan. Bull Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (291 x 443)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 6
Harris, 1963, Index p. 48
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 48
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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