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Preliminary design for a girandole for the great drawing room (now the portico room), 1778, possibly executed (1)

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Harris credits the execution of the Apsley House mirrors and girandoles to Sefferin Nelson, the carver and gilder appointed to execute Adam’s designs for Derby House. She notes a significant payment of £259 made to Nelson from Lord Bathurst’s account at Drummond’s, dating to 1779.

It is not known whether this design was executed.

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