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Lady Betty Macfarlane: design for a mirror frame, 1765 (1)
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Lady Betty Macfarlane: design for a mirror frame, 1765 (1)
Signed and dated
- 1765
Notes
This is the only known Adam design for Lady Betty - presumably Elizabeth - Macfarlane, who is otherwise obscure. Moreover, the location for which this mirror frame was commissioned is not recorded.
Literature:
A.T. Bolton, The architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56; E. Harris, The furniture of Robert Adam, 1963, Index p. 59
Frances Sands, 2012
Literature:
A.T. Bolton, The architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56; E. Harris, The furniture of Robert Adam, 1963, Index p. 59
Frances Sands, 2012
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