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[22] Preliminary design for a girandole candle branch for the music room, 1774, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/84
Purpose
[22] Preliminary design for a girandole candle branch for the music room, 1774, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a curved candle branch ornamented with foliage, and this supports a candle holder in the form of a tubular flower, and the holder is ornamented with bands of gadrooning, beading, foil, and fluting
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Branch for the Girandols in the Music Room at Sir W: W: W:
Signed and dated
- August 1774
Adelphi Aug.st 10.t 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (307 x 269)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
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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