Design for a girandole

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Artist/Maker	Thomas Chippendale Senior (designer)
Place of origin	London (made)

A design for a girandole one half of which is coloured with blue, yellow and brown wash. The other half has been lightly sketched in pencil. The frame is curvaceous and leafy in form, at the bottom in the centre is a goat’s head from which husks hang. The frame is surmounted by a flat plinth of top of which stands a perfume burner out of which flames are protruding. Curvaceous candle holders have been incorporated into the frame however they remain uncoloured. The frame itself is yellow and the mirror-glass is blue.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Design for a girandole (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil, pen and ink, yellow, brown and blue wash on paper Pencil Pen and Ink Wash Paper Drawing
Brief description	Design for a girandole in pencil, pen and ink, yellow, brown and blue wash on paper, attributed to Thomas Chippendale, London, ca.1770
Physical description	A design for a girandole one half of which is coloured with blue, yellow and brown wash. The other half has been lightly sketched in pencil. The frame is curvaceous and leafy in form, at the bottom in the centre is a goat’s head from which husks hang. The frame is surmounted by a flat plinth of top of which stands a perfume burner out of which flames are protruding. Curvaceous candle holders have been incorporated into the frame however they remain uncoloured. The frame itself is yellow and the mirror-glass is blue.
Dimensions	Height: 29.9cm (approx.) (Note: Exact measurement cannot be taken, the design is stuck into the frame.) Width: 17.9cm (approx.) (Note: Exact measurement cannot be taken, the design is stuck into the frame.)
Style	Neoclassical
Subjects depicted	Burner Goat Husks
Associated objects	D.742-1906 (Design) D.747-1906 (Design)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	D.748-1906

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O842573/design-for-a-girandole-drawing-thomas-chippendale-senior/

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