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Surveys of candelabra made for James II's coronation banquet (Copy)
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Reference number
SM 62/4/4
Purpose
Surveys of candelabra made for James II's coronation banquet (Copy)
Aspect
Details of six candelabra (plans, part plans and elevations)
Scale
bar scales of 1 inch to 1 foot, 3/4 inch to 1 foot, 5/9 inch to 1 foot and 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
some dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Pen and yellow wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark, top right hand corner missing (568 x 821)
Hand
Office of Works
Notes
The chandeliers are not shown in the plates in Sandford's History of the Coronation of... James II. They are very plain in design - perhaps a reflection of the fact that they had to be produced quickly in time for the coronation.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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