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[3] Alternative record drawing for a mirror frame, for the cabinet room, 1772, executed with alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/56
Purpose
[3] Alternative record drawing for a mirror frame, for the cabinet room, 1772, executed with alterations
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame, with the frame ornamented with anthemia, and calyx, with an apron of a tazza, supported by a band of guilloche accompanied by ram masks, and festoons, and surmounted by figures flanking an enclosed urn, supporting rinceaux, a tubular flower, and an anthemion
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for Paul Methuen Esqr
Signed and dated
- March 1772
Adelphi / 6 March 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (292 x 404)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or William Hamilton
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
Harris, 1963, pp. 49, 80-81
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp. 49, 80-81
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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