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  • image SM Adam volume 20/92

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.

Level

Drawing

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