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[15] Design for a girandole for an unknown room, 1771, not known to have been executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/87
Purpose
[15] Design for a girandole for an unknown room, 1771, not known to have been executed
Aspect
Elevation of a girandole, with a central urn supporting candle branches, supported by an acanthus leaf wall bracket, and with an apron of festoons, and hung by chains from a lion mask flanked by rinceaux, and with a rough, cropped, pencil-drawn alternative shown to the right-hand side
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Girandole for General Burgoyne
Signed and dated
- 1771
1771
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and Indian yellow and sepia wash on laid paper (241 x 407)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
Harris, 1963, Index p. 55
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes
Harris, 1963, Index p. 55
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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