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[34] Finished drawing for a mirror frame for the dining room, 1765, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/14
Purpose
[34] Finished drawing for a mirror frame for the dining room, 1765, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame ornamented with rosettes, arabesques, paterae, calyx and volutes supporting busts, and with an apron of anthemia, festoons, acanthus leaves and rosettes, and surmounted by a shell, anthemion, rosettes and acanthus leaves scrolling into arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Pier Glass for the Dining room at Syon House
Signed and dated
- 1765
1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (277 x 418)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
Harris, 1963, Index p. 52, and p. 77
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 52, and p. 77
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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