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[42] Designs for tripods and candelabra for the first drawing room, c1773, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/60
Purpose
[42] Designs for tripods and candelabra for the first drawing room, c1773, as executed
Aspect
Left- Elevation of a tripod with a base ornamented with a band of enclosed anthemia, winged sphinxes, and a band of fluting. The base supports a tripod with paw feet, which is ornamented with panels containing arabesques, rosettes, tubular flowers supporting draped figures, and festoons. The panels are separated by bands of vine leaf, and the pedestal has ram mask capitals. There is a frieze of acorns, and this is surmounted by a band of laurel leaf tips, and a;; this is surmounted by a further tripod, with feet in the form of acorns and sabre legs ornamented with drop calyx, which terminate in acanthus leaves. Set within the tripod there is an urn, which is ornamented with gadrooning, ram masks and a band of Vitruvian scroll, and it supports a central candle flanked by four candle branches.
Right- Elevation of a tripod and urn as above
Scale
bar scale of 2 ¾ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Tripod for the Drawing room at Sir W. Wynn’s in St James’s Square / 3 / 60 (pencil)
Signed and dated
- August c1773
Adelphi / 24t August 177[-] (cropped) / (inscription cropped)
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (406 x 579)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
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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