Design
1850s (made)
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A sheet with two designs on each side: on the front a candelabra of 3 lights and on the back an altar rail. The designs were drawn by the art metalworker Francis Skidmore (1817-1896) in the 1850s. His firm made a similar altar rail for Holy Trinity Church, Coventry when he worked on the restoration of that church with Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1856. The latter has foliage around capitals rather than open work acanthus scroll as in this design. A telescopic mechanism is displayed in this design wherein the tube of a narrower gauge can be moved in and out of the tube with a wider gauge so that the altar rail can be opened and closed. Now little known, Skidmore was once famous as the maker of the Albert Memorial (1863-1876) and the Hereford Screen (which was exhibited in London at the International Exhibition of 1862). Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878) designed both the memorial and the screen and employed Skidmore to execute them. This design is a highly finished presentation drawing to be shown to the client.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Design for a candelabra by Francis Skidmore, 1850s |
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| Production type | Design |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries |
| Object history | The provenance is the grand-daughter of Francis Skidmore. |
| Summary | A sheet with two designs on each side: on the front a candelabra of 3 lights and on the back an altar rail. The designs were drawn by the art metalworker Francis Skidmore (1817-1896) in the 1850s. His firm made a similar altar rail for Holy Trinity Church, Coventry when he worked on the restoration of that church with Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1856. The latter has foliage around capitals rather than open work acanthus scroll as in this design. A telescopic mechanism is displayed in this design wherein the tube of a narrower gauge can be moved in and out of the tube with a wider gauge so that the altar rail can be opened and closed. Now little known, Skidmore was once famous as the maker of the Albert Memorial (1863-1876) and the Hereford Screen (which was exhibited in London at the International Exhibition of 1862). Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878) designed both the memorial and the screen and employed Skidmore to execute them. This design is a highly finished presentation drawing to be shown to the client. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.386:1, 2-2006 |
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| Record created | October 10, 2007 |
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