Robert Adam's ornaments for Alderman Boydell's picture frames

Author

Harris, Eileen

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Furniture history. 1990, Vol. 26, p. 93-98, 3 ill.

ISSN

0016-3058

Abstract (en)

Discusses a group of three Adam drawings dated 1784 (London, Sir John Soane's Museum), focusing on two for ornamenting the frame of J.S. Copley's Death of Peirson (London, Tate Gallery). The frame, which was later dismembered, incorporated three portraits by Gilbert Stuart.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Decorative arts -- Furniture -- United Kingdom
• Adam, Robert, 1728-1792
• Furnishings
• Frames
• 1784
• Great Britain
• Boydell, John, 1719-1804
• Patronage
• Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815
• Painting
• Death of Major Peirson
• Tate Britain||London (GBR)
• Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828
• Portraits
• Drawing
• Ornament
• Sir John Soane's Museum||London (GBR)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Arts décoratifs -- Mobilier -- Royaume-Uni
• Adam, Robert, 1728-1792
• Ameublement
• Cadre
• 1784
• Grande-Bretagne
• Boydell, John, 1719-1804
• Mécénat
• Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815
• Peinture
• La Mort du major Peirson
• Tate Britain||London (GBR)
• Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828
• Portrait
• Dessin
• Ornement
• Sir John Soane's Museum||London (GBR)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00418221

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