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Reference number

SM Adam volume 6/50

Purpose

[19] Preliminary design for tripod candle stand for the first drawing room (now the Piccadilly room), c1778, possibly executed

Aspect

Elevation of a niche containing a tripod candle stand with a base composed of winged griffins, an oval figurative medallion and festoons. This is surmounted by a tripod supporting a lekythos and an urn flanked by candle branches

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Niche for Tripod at Lady Bathurst’s

Signed and dated

  • c1778

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (251 x 428)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Harris, 1963, p.57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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