Design
ca.1899-1900 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Sketch designs for the architrave of a door frame and two table legs with other slight sketches.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper in sketchbook |
| Brief description | Design from an album from the firm of Francis Skidmore (1817-1896) |
| Physical description | Sketch designs for the architrave of a door frame and two table legs with other slight sketches. |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries |
| Object history | The provenance is the grand-daughter of Francis Skidmore. |
| Production | Francis Skidmore died in 1896 and as there is a design dated '11.10.99' in the album and the style is later than those designs made in his lifetime it could not be by him. In 1872, Skidmore's Art Manufactures and Constructive Ironwork Company went into liquidation and was taken over by Winfields Ltd of Birmingham. |
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| Accession number | E.395:4-2006 |
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| Record created | April 9, 2008 |
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