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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/7

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a mirror frame, 1765

Aspect

Elevation of an oval mirror, the frame ornamented with figure-of-eight foliage, arabesques, rosettes, and an anthemion, and with two candle branches attached. The frame is hung from a lion mask, flanked by arabesques with an apron of festoons, by a rope ornamented with a bow

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for Lady Betty Macfarlane

Signed and dated

  • 1765
    1765

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (241 x 422)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith or Giuseppe Sacco, and the title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
Harris, 1963, Index p. 59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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