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[86] Design for a girandole for an unknown room, c1779; it is not known if this design was executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 20/211
Purpose
[86] Design for a girandole for an unknown room, c1779; it is not known if this design was executed
Aspect
Elevation of a girandole, composed of a central medallion, surmounted by arabesques, a tablet containing a rosette flanked by swags, and an urn, and the medallion has an apron of calyx, arabesques supporting candle branches, festoons, a vesica-shaped medallion, and a short drop of calyx and tubular flowers
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Girandole for George Hesse Esqr
Signed and dated
- 1779
datable to c1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and violet and terre verte wash on laid paper (173 x 221)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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