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[10] Preliminary design for pier glass and overmantel mirror frames for the drawing room, 1776
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/154
Purpose
[10] Preliminary design for pier glass and overmantel mirror frames for the drawing room, 1776
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame, with a tablet in the top rail containing enclosed rosettes, and swags, and surmounted by winged griffons, flanking an oval medallion, surmounted by an urn, and with pencil-drawn annotations in the top left-hand corner, showing a detail of a frame (it does not appear to be for this frame)
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for the Drawing room at Anthony Chamier Esqrs / at Epsom and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- May 1776
Adelphi / 20t May 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (405 x 290)
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.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 49
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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