Design
1983 (designed)
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A full scale perspective presentation drawing for a pair of sterling silver candlesticks in preliminary pencil, watercolour, bodycolour, chalk and kaolinite on thick grey paper.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Preliminary pencil, watercolour, bodycolour, chalk and kaolinite on thick grey paper |
| Brief description | Drawing by Jocelyn Burton, design for a pair of candlesticks commissioned by Sir Roy Strong for the V&A, pencil, watercolour, bodycolour, chalk and kaolinite on thick grey paper, Great Britain, 1983 |
| Physical description | A full scale perspective presentation drawing for a pair of sterling silver candlesticks in preliminary pencil, watercolour, bodycolour, chalk and kaolinite on thick grey paper. |
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| Credit line | Commissioned for the Victoria and Albert Museum by Sir Roy Strong. Given by the Collection of Metalwork |
| Object history | The pair of candlesticks in this design, commissioned by Sir Roy Strong for the Victoria and Albert Museum, were never executed. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990 |
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| Accession number | E.1973-1990 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2009 |
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