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Reference number

SM Adam volume 3/72

Purpose

[17] Preliminary design for an overmantel mirror frame for the octagonal room, 1777

Aspect

Rough elevation of a rectangular, segmental-headed overmantel mirror frame, with the segmental head ornamented with an urn flanked by putti, with a border composed of a fan containing rosettes and calyx

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

(verso) pencil inscription (inaccessible for transcription)

Signed and dated

  • 1777
    datable to 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (226 x 186)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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