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  • image SM Adam volume 20/93

Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/93

Purpose

[12] Design for a mirror frame for the bedchamber, 1771; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Elevation of an oval mirror frame, ornamented with lions and fauns to either side, with an apron composed of a roundel flanked by arabesques and festoons, and the frame is surmounted by arabesques flanking an anthemion, surmounted by a tablet containing swags, supporting an urn, enclosed anthemia, and arabesques

Scale

bar scale of 1 2/5 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for Mr. Thynne and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1771
    1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (206 x 415)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

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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