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[34] Design for an overmantel mirror frame for the ante room, c1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/121
Purpose
[34] Design for an overmantel mirror frame for the ante room, c1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of an overmantel mirror frame ornamented with bands of acanthus leaf and laurel leaf tips. The frame is surmounted by a figrative oval enclosed within a band of beading flanked by arabesques and supporting ribbons and an anthemion. The frame is flanked by girandoles in the form of tubular flowers with aprons of masks, festoons of husks and drop caylx. The tubular flowers support urns with dolphins forming the base and the urns are surmounted by oil lamps and further tubular flowers
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame over Anti Room Chimney / W W W (in pencil) / left out / Surbase / Chimney and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1773
Adelphi Augst. 9t. 177[cropped] c1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (290 x 438)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
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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