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[7] Rough preliminary design for a girandole for the eating room, c1775-76, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 6/15
Purpose
[7] Rough preliminary design for a girandole for the eating room, c1775-76, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of a girandole, supported by a fluted tubular flower-shaped wall bracket, surmounted by an urn with gadrooning around the base, and with a central enclosed rosette from which two candle branches spring, and with a lid ornamented with gadrooning
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sketch of a plain Girandole for / Dr Warrens Eating Room
Signed and dated
- 1775-76
datable to c1775-76
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (75x169)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 58
Harris, 1963, Index p. 59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 59
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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