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[20] Design for a candle stand for the first drawing room (now the Piccadilly room), 1779, possibly executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/64
Purpose
[20] Design for a candle stand for the first drawing room (now the Piccadilly room), 1779, possibly executed
Aspect
Elevation of a niche containing a tripod candle stand, as Adam vol 6/50. Below there is a preliminary plan of a tripod, with a detail of the base and winged griffin
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Tripod for the niches in the first Drawing room at Apsley House
Signed and dated
- January 1779
Janry 14 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and cerulean blue wash on laid paper (256 x 444)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Watermark
Fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, pp.57, 84, 102
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, pp.57, 84, 102
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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