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[49] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame, 1770, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/78
Purpose
[49] Finished drawing for a pier glass frame, 1770, executed status unknown
Aspect
Elevation of a rectangular pier glass, with a fluted frame, ornamented with enclosed rosettes, beading, egg and dart moulding, drops of calyx hung from consoles supporting terms holding the ends of festoons, which are hung from lion masks on the top rail, and with an apron of rinceaux acanthus leaves, rosettes, and anthemia, and surmounted by rinceaux acanthus leaves, rosettes, and anthemia
Inscribed
Glass frame for William Weddell Esqr at Newby
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including Indian yellow on laid paper (287 x 600)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Harris, 2001, p. 357
Harris, 1963, Index p. 51 and p. 80
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 357
Harris, 1963, Index p. 51 and p. 80
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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