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[84] Design for a mirror frame for an unknown room, c1779; it is not known if this design was executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/213
Purpose
[84] Design for a mirror frame for an unknown room, c1779; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of an oval mirror frame, enclosed within a wreath, with smaller wreaths at the top and bottom of the frame, with an enclosed rosette within the lower wreath, hanging from which are calyx and a tubular flower, and with calyx and a tubular flower in the upper wreath, which is surmounted by an anthemion, and the frame is flanked by bars supporting swans, festoons, lanterns with candle branches, and from which hang medallions and tubular flowers (verso) pencil-drawn detail of the top of the design
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Girandole for George Hesse Esqr (verso) Mr Hesse (in pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1779
datable to c1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and violet and terre verte wash on laid paper (174 x 264)
Hand
Adm office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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