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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
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