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  • image SM Adam volume 6/42

Reference number

SM Adam volume 6/42

Purpose

Preliminary design for a candelabra sconce, 14 March 1775

Aspect

Elevation of a three-armed candelabra sconce, with a fluted bracket supported by a mask from whose neck drapes a bellflower festoon. This is surmounted by a sphinx from whose head spring the candelabra arms

Scale

to a rough scale

Inscribed

Girandole Bracket to be placed upon Columns in / Pannels of Room, or over Side Board Table, executed / either in Wood Gilt of painted, or of Metal within in / Leaf or Water Gilding (underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • 14 March 1775
    RA. Adelphi / 14th March 1775.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (205x312)

Hand

probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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