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[11] Working drawing for a candlestick, c1763-85
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/70
Purpose
[11] Working drawing for a candlestick, c1763-85
Aspect
Elevation of a candlestick in the form of a turned column, ornamented with gadrooning, fluting acanthus leaves, festoons, enclosed patera, calyx enclosed by foils, and spiral fluting
Scale
to a scale, possibly full size
Inscribed
Sir John Griffin Bart (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1763-65
date range: 1763-85
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (177 x 641)
Hand
Robert Adam, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 2
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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