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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/119

Purpose

[21] Design for mirror frame for the hall-cum-dining room, 1773

Aspect

Elevation of an oval mirror frame ornamented with enclosed anthemia, arabesques, festoons, masks, urns, winged lions, and suspended from a bracket centred on a lion mask

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for the Hall at Kenwood

Signed and dated

  • 1773
    Adelphi / 20t March 1773

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (262 x 430)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris, 1963, p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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