- Object name(s):
- Design
- Brief description:
- A full scale perspective presentation drawing for a pair of sterling silver candlesticks in preliminary pencil, watercolour, bodycolour, chalk and kaolinite on thick grey paper.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Drawings
- Associated concept:
- Designs
- Associated concept:
- History of the V&A
- Associated concept:
- Metalwork
- Associated concept:
- Lighting
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Associated person:
- Sir Roy Strong
- Associated place:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Content - concept:
- candlesticks
- Credit line:
- Commissioned for the Victoria and Albert Museum by Sir Roy Strong. Given by the Collection of Metalwork
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2015HY0703/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 48.6
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 34.6
- Inscription content:
- 'Design for a pair of Sterling silver Candlesticks Commissioned for the Victoria and Albert Museum by Sir Roy Strong.'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Inscribed
- Inscription content:
- '© Jocelyn Burton'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Signed in kaolinite
- Material:
- paper
- Material:
- graphite
- Material:
- watercolour
- Material:
- bodycolour
- Material:
- chalk
- Material:
- kaolinite
- Object history note:
- The pair of candlesticks in this design, commissioned by Sir Roy Strong for the Victoria and Albert Museum, were never executed.
- Object name:
- Design
- Object number:
- E.1973-1990
- Object production date:
- 1983
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1983-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1983-12-31
- Object production person:
- Jocelyn Burton
- Person's association:
- maker
- Object production place:
- Great Britain
- Place association:
- designed
- Physical description:
- A full scale perspective presentation drawing for a pair of sterling silver candlesticks in preliminary pencil, watercolour, bodycolour, chalk and kaolinite on thick grey paper.
- Reproduction number:
- 2015HY0703
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- drawing
- Technique:
- Preliminary pencil, watercolour, bodycolour, chalk and kaolinite on thick grey paper
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9b3665da-ffd5-3762-b769-23ad8b9adc0c
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9b3665da-ffd5-3762-b769-23ad8b9adc0c, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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