[12] Preliminary design for a mirror frame, possibly for the dining room, 1776

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - The Elms, Epsom, Surrey: designs for alterations to the house, and for the interior, and unexecuted designs for estate buildings, for Anthony Chamier, 1774-76 (15)
    - Designs for the house
      - Preliminary design for a mirror frame, possibly for the dining room, 1776 (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/152

Purpose

[12] Preliminary design for a mirror frame, possibly for the dining room, 1776

Aspect

Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame, with the frame ornamented with oak leaves, and surmounted by winged griffons, with rinceau tails, flanking a medallion, surmounted by a tazza, and with a large-scale pencil-drawn annotation showing a detail and section for the frame, but with alternative ornamentation including rosettes, acanthus leaves, and enclosed unlobed acanthus leaves

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass over Sideboard for Anthony Chamier Esqr at Epsom (underwritten in pencil) / at large (in pencil) / Bottom of Frieze (in pencil)

Signed and dated

May 1776
Adelphi / May 20. 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (291 x 402)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
Harris, 1963, Index p. 49
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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