[12] Preliminary design for a pier glass frame for an unknown room, 1771, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Hertford Street, number 10 (now Sheridan House), London: designs for interior decoration for Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne, 1769-71 (15)
      - Preliminary design and finished drawing for a pier glass frame for an unknown room, 1771, as executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 20/89

Purpose

[12] Preliminary design for a pier glass frame for an unknown room, 1771, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a rectangular pier glass frame, ornamented with waterleaf, surmounted by seated figures flanking an urn, and with a pencil-drawn apron of foliage

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Glass frame for General Burgoyne

Signed and dated

1771
1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (290 x 448)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

IHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
Harris, 1963, Index p. 55
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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