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[17] Record drawing of pier glass and table for the first drawing room, 1771, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/70
Purpose
[17] Record drawing of pier glass and table for the first drawing room, 1771, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a pier glass, ornamented with oak leaves, surmounted by winged sphinxes and arabesques flanking a cameo, and with a mask and ram head with festoons at the base. The table has tapering fluted legs and ball feet, a stretcher with an urn on a socle, and a frieze of alternating urns and anthemia, with patera at the ends and an apron of festoons carried around the leg
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass & Table frame for John Parker Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (290 x 449)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 27
For full literature references see scheme notes.
For full literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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