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[17] Preliminary design for an overmantel mirror frame for the octagonal room, 1777
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
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
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