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Preliminary design for a candelabra sconce, 14 March 1775
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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
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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