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[17] Preliminary design for a candlestick for the dining room, 1776, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/41
Purpose
[17] Preliminary design for a candlestick for the dining room, 1776, as executed
Aspect
Unfinished elevation of a candelabrum, with a base, ornamented with Vitruvian scroll, and surmounted by winged griffons, and a turned shaft, ornamented with gadrooning, and surmounted by an urn ornamented with ram masks, connecting with serpentine foliate candle branches, ornamented with festoons
Scale
full size
Inscribed
Candlestick for William Weddell Esqr
Signed and dated
- 13/05/1776
Adelphi May 13t 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (574 x 513)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Harris, 2001, p. 357
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 263
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 357
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 263
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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