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[47] Preliminary design for a girandole, c1772, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/29
Purpose
[47] Preliminary design for a girandole, c1772, possibly executed
Aspect
Centre- Elevation of a girandole with a central urn ornamented by ram masks and forming a double branch candelabrum. The urn has an apron of festoons of husks, with a figurative cameo and a tablet with an apron of a mask, a swag and calyx. All this is surmounted by a tripod, with legs surmounted by terms, which supports an urn ornamented with gadrooning
Left- Elevation of a girandole as above, but with the candle branches omitted, an alternative figurative cameo, and with winged griffin forming the feet of the tripod
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Lady Bute.
Signed and dated
- c1772
c1772
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (200 x 191)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
C TAYLOR
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume I, p. 69; Volume II, Index, p. 22
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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