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Preliminary design for a candlestick stand, 1778
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/79
Purpose
Preliminary design for a candlestick stand, 1778
Aspect
Elevation of a candlestick stand, supported by a pedestal ornamented with petals, lozenges, and Vitruvian scroll, and with a turned shaft ornamented with petals, acanthus leaves, and fluting, supporting a square-shaped wax pan marked by foliage
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Stand for Candles
Signed and dated
- 1778
1778.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (182x215)
Hand
probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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