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  • image SM Adam volume 6/79

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

Level

Drawing

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