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[8] Preliminary design for a girandole, 1772
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 25/212
Purpose
[8] Preliminary design for a girandole, 1772
Aspect
Elevation of a girandole, with a central lyre motif, ornamented with rosettes, a mask, an acorn, an anthemion, acanthus leaves, and a festoon of bell flowers, and supporting gadrooned candle branches, and further festoons (verso) rough pencil-drawn urn ornamented with gadrooning, ram masks, and candle branches
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1772
datable to 1772
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (322 x 318)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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