Drawing
1827 (made)
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Elevations and sections through the shafts showing the bases of 4 different designs for standing candelabra. Two are shown apparently of gilt bronze or brass for the dining room. they have substantial octagonal bases decorated with Perpendicular details, three different stages to the shaft which carries three lights. The larger of the two designs has above the base seated figures of Kings under canopies. The other two are shown apparently of cast-iron for the gallery. They are simpler designs carrying a single light, one has an octagonal base with concave sides on which sit winged beasts and a shaft of two stages. Scale given.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour with ruled border. |
| Brief description | Design drawings for light fittings, for fitting in the dining room and gallery in the private apartments for George IV, by A.W.N. Pugin. Pen and ink and watercolour on paper, 1827. |
| Physical description | Elevations and sections through the shafts showing the bases of 4 different designs for standing candelabra. Two are shown apparently of gilt bronze or brass for the dining room. they have substantial octagonal bases decorated with Perpendicular details, three different stages to the shaft which carries three lights. The larger of the two designs has above the base seated figures of Kings under canopies. The other two are shown apparently of cast-iron for the gallery. They are simpler designs carrying a single light, one has an octagonal base with concave sides on which sit winged beasts and a shaft of two stages. Scale given. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in pen probably in Pugin's hand 'candelabra for the dining room; candelabra for the gallery'. These inscriptions indicate the 2 central designs which are endorsed with 'GR' the monogram of George IV and which are also inscribed in pencil with dimensions. Inscribed in pencil, on mount, in another hand 'Dining room; gallery' and numbered. |
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| Accession number | E.788-1970 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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