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[21] Design for mirror frame for the hall-cum-dining room, 1773
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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.
Harris, 1963, p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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