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[5] Preliminary design for a mirror frame for an unknown room, c1774
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/90
Purpose
[5] Preliminary design for a mirror frame for an unknown room, c1774
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite mirror frame, with a pedestal, projecting in the end bays, and ornamented with swags and ram masks, and above the pedestal the bays are articulated by tapering terms, surmounted by tubular flowers, calyx, and urns, with the central bay arched by a festoon surmounted by an urn, and supporting an urn and a rosette enclosed by wreaths
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass Frame for Matthew Duane Esqr. / (and in pencil) Glass / Glass / Glass / Glass / Glass
Signed and dated
- datable to c1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (254 x 446)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
Watermark
fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
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
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