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[85] Design for a pier glass 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 20/239
Purpose
[85] Design for a pier glass for an unknown room, c1779; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite pier glass mirror frame, supported by a pencil-drawn commode, and articulated by tapering pilasters, supported by a band of Vitruvian scroll, above a lower compartment articulated by ram legs ornamented with ram masks, and containing fans and festoons, and the frame us surmounted by a top rail ornamented with an oval medallion, and supporting urns, and calyx-shaped crockets
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Glass frame for G. F. Hesse Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1779
datable to c1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including Indian yellow and cerulean blue on laid paper (235 x 361)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
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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