Explore Collections

You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
[3] Preliminary design for a mirror frame for an unknown room, c1774
Browse
Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/78
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for a mirror frame for an unknown room, c1774
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular mirror frame, ornamented with enclosed rosettes and laurel leaf tips, and surmounted by an arch composed of calyx and arabesques of ribbon enclosing rosettes, surmounted by an anthemion, and this is overdrawn with pencil arabesques
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass Frame for Mathew Duane Esqr. / Glass / Glass / Glass / The pateras to be oval & all of one size the angles filled with a husk and some measurements given / See Plate 147 Vol 20 (in pencil in a modern curatorial hand)
Signed and dated
- datable to c1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (240 x 362)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 54
Harris, 1963, Index p. 59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 59
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
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk