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[3] Preliminary design for a pier glass frame for the dining parlour, 1770
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/76
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for a pier glass frame for the dining parlour, 1770
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular pier glass frame, ornamented with strigils, and alternating anthemia and calyx, with an apron composed of an ox skull flanked by arabesques, and surmounted by winged griffons, flanking a medallion, enclosed within a wreath, and scrolls of acanthus leaves, and surmounted by a tubular flower and an anthemion
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for the front Parlor for Sir Robert Rich. Bart.
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (291 x 497)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 38
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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