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Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792)
Category
Mirrors
Date
1771 (designed)
Materials
Probably pine and lime, gesso, water gilding and silvered glass
Measurements
2520 x 1080 mm
Place of origin
England
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Saltram, Devon
NT 871293
Summary
A pair of giltwood pier glasses, English, designed by Robert Adam (1728-92), in 1771/2.
Provenance
Designed in 1771 and probably installed in 1771/2. In 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957.
Makers and roles
Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), designer