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[5] Design for a mirror frame between the doors in the drawing room, 1776, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/156
Purpose
[5] Design for a mirror frame between the doors in the drawing room, 1776, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite mirror frame, articulated by narrow terms, ornamented with drops of calyx, with a base rail ornamented with rosettes enclosed within connected hexagons, and a top rail, which is higher in the central portion, ornamented with enclosed anthemia, and the central portion of the top rail has an apron of festoons, and is surmounted by a winged sphinx flanking an oval medallion and naturalistic anthemion
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame between doors in Doctor Warren's drawing room and some measurements given / (and in pencil) £7. 10 each / The Glass / £48. 0
Signed and dated
- 1776
1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (292 x 394)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
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
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