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[12] Preliminary design for an overmantel mirror frame, 1773
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 3/37
Purpose
[12] Preliminary design for an overmantel mirror frame, 1773
Aspect
Elevation of a tripartite overmantel mirror frame, articulated by tapering terms, supported by urns with candle branches which are of an alternative design on the right- and left-hand sides of the mirror, and the terms support a stretcher with an apron of crockets and swags on the right hand side, and a fluted stretcher on the left-hand side, and the stretchers are surmounted by shafts composed of calyx, anthemia and urns on the left-hand side, and calyx, anthemia, tubular flowers, and urns on the right-hand side, and between these stretchers there is a fan in the central compartment, and a peltoid shield hung from festoons in the right-hand compartment, and with a fluted top rail, surmounted by an urn on the left-and side, anthemia on the right-hand side, and a central pair of winged griffons flanking an urn on a tripod base
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Mr [ _ _ _ _ _ _ ] Chimney Glass [ ____ ] (in feint pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1773
datable to 1773
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (322 x 509)
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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