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[2] Design for a fire screen for Lady Mills, 1778, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/147
Purpose
[2] Design for a fire screen for Lady Mills, 1778, executed status unknown
Aspect
Elevation of an oval fire screen, with a frame ornamented with laurel leaf tips, and beading, with an apron of acanthus leaves, rosettes, and a shell-shaped fan, and surmounted by two seated figures, flanking an oval roundel supporting a tazza
Scale
to a scale, possibly full size
Inscribed
Fire Screen / for Lady Mills
Signed and dated
- 1778
1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and sepia wash on laid paper (375 x 636)
Hand
Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
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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