Design for a candelabra
Design
1980 (made)
1980 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Final, full size, design for a candelabra by Robert Welch, 1980.
Object details
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| Title | Design for a candelabra (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Felt tipped pen, pen and brown ink, bown wash and graphite frottage over preliminary pencil on paper, laid on card. |
| Brief description | Final, full size, design for a candelabra by Robert Welch, 1980. |
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| Production type | Design |
| Marks and inscriptions | 8 1/2 (in pencil bottom right) |
| Object history | When he was Director of the V&A, Sir Roy Strong commissioned a pair of candelabra from Robert Welch for the Museum's permanent collections. Welch produced five sketches of proposed designs (E.654 to 658-1981) from which the V&A selected E.655-1981 for production. In total there are thirteen designs for the commision on nine sheets (E.654 to 662-1981) which are held in the Word and Image Department. The finished candelabra were made by John Limbrey and are held by the Metalwork Department (M.61 and 61A-1980). |
| Production | One of thirteen designs on nine sheets. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Snodin, Michael. Some Designs for English Gold and Silver. The V&A Album 4 1985, pp.151-5, figs. 9-11 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.661-1981 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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