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[18] Design for a mirror frame for the great room, 1765
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/19
Purpose
[18] Design for a mirror frame for the great room, 1765
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame ornamented with anthemia, and a shell and acanthus leaves at the base, and surmounted by anthemia, rosettes and acanthus leaves scrolling into arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for the Drawing room at Bowood
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (291 x 445)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Robert Nasmith
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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