Design
ca. 1899-1900 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Designs (6) for ironwork gates, sections of railing, and signs including one for the Stork Hotel.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on oiled apaper |
| Brief description | Design from an album from the firm of Francis Skidmore (1817-1896). |
| Physical description | Designs (6) for ironwork gates, sections of railing, and signs including one for the Stork Hotel. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'THE STORK HOTEL' (In ink in handwritten capitals on one of the designs.) |
| 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. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.395:9-2006 |
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| Record created | April 16, 2008 |
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