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Reference number

SM volume 42/13

Purpose

Design

Aspect

Perspectival elevation of a library table or pedestal desk, the apron with a bell-flower (or husk) festoon and with alternative details for the pedestal fronts: oval in mitred corner background, and panel with fluted or reeded surround

Inscribed

No1, 2.10, 6 ft 6 and 3 ft

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia wash, pencil, shaded on laid paper (139 x 206)

Hand

Gillows

Watermark

(part) GR over bell

Notes

In this unfinished drawing there are feint pencil and pen indications on the apron of four drawers and presumably the pedestals would have had cupboards. The length and width are the same as for the previous design for a desk (42/12) and since the medium and hand are the same, it seems safe to assume that they are from the same source, that is, Gillows.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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