Overmantel
Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792)
Category
Mirrors
Date
1700 - 1800
Materials
glass, giltwood frame
Measurements
811 x 1700 x 69 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 137676
Summary
An Adam giltwood rectangular overmantel mirror, with reed and tie border, the inner border carved with beading, the bottom section of frame consisting only of the beaded filet along with a rectangular foot at each corner.
Full description
This is a tin-mercury amalgam mirror
Makers and roles
Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), designer