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[99] Preliminary design for an overmantel mirror frame for Mr and Mrs Child's bedchamber, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 18/64 verso
Purpose
[99] Preliminary design for an overmantel mirror frame for Mr and Mrs Child's bedchamber, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
(Recto) Design for a commode panel (verso) elevation of a rectangular overmantel mirror frame, ornamented with beading, and surmounted by festoons, putti, an oval medallion, and an eagle, and with part of a preliminary design for a pavement at the bottom of the sheet
Scale
bar scale of 1 2/5 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Mr Childs Bed Chamber Chimney Glass at Osterly
Signed and dated
- 1779
datable to 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (448 x 838)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Harris, 1963, p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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