[5] Design for a pier glass for the drawing room, 1771; it is not known if this design was executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Curzon Street, number 30, Westminster: designs for interior decoration, furniture and plate for the Hon. Henry Frederick Thynne, 1771-73 (18)
      - Design and finished drawing for the pier glass for the drawing room, 1771; it is not known if this design was executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/193

Purpose

[5] Design for a pier glass for the drawing room, 1771; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of a rectangular pier glass frame, ornamented with laurel leaves, with an apron of arabesques flanking a mask, and surmounted by arabesques, anthemia, rosettes, and a tubular flower supporting an oval medallion

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¾ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for the Drawing room at / Mr Thynnes

Signed and dated

1771
datable to 1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (174 x 371)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
Harris, 1963, Index p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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