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Most of them are numbered, contain information about who ordered them, the date, the price (written in code), the colour of the frame and the dimensions of the finished object. \r\n\r\nThe drawings from John Linnell's workshop survive over the period 1773 to 1783. From April 1773 to August 1778, the workshop produced about twelve pieces a month. Production decreased over the next two years to 3 or 4 pieces a month. In 1783 these designs were no longer produced.\r\n\r\nRobert Adam, a leading architect, was a key influence on the neoclassical designs of John Linnell. Linnell worked with Adam for the first time at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, and they worked together on a number of other occasions. In the early 1770s festoons of husks began to be used on pier glasses and they are very prominent within these workshop designs. \r\n\r\nJohn Linnell (1729-1796) was the son of the famous furniture maker William Linnell (ca. 1703-1763). Unlike most furniture makers, John Linnell gained a design education at the St. Martin's Lane Academy, which was founded by William Hogarth in 1735. In 1750, aged 21, he joined his father's firm as a designer. On his father's death in 1763, John Linnell took over the family firm. During his lifetime John Linnell produced high quality furniture, which rivalled that of other leading furniture makers such as Thomas Chippendale, John Cobb and William Ince and John Mayhew.","physicalDescription":"'No. 91' A design for an oval pier glass. Husk festoons fall from the animal head handles of the urn finial. The frame also features acanthus scrolls. The apron features a patera.\r\n\r\n'No. 90' A design for an oval pier glass. Half of the design is highly finished, the other half is less detailed. The frame is vertically aligned and features neoclassical moulding. From the large s-scroll handles of the oval urn finial fall husk festoons, supported by acanthus scrolls around the sides. The finial sits on top of two c-scrolls. The apron features a ram's head, acanthus scrolls and husk swags.\r\n\r\n'No. 89' A design for a rectangular frame, with a serpentine top. Half of the design is highly finished, the other half is less detailed. The frame is vertically aligned. The urn finial features neoclassical moulding and scrolls. Husk festoons fall from the c-scroll handles of the urn. Acanthus scrolls sit on each corner of the frame. The gaps between these scrolls are joined by husks. The apron features a patera, further acanthus decoration and husk festoons. The frame features neoclassical moulding.\r\n\r\n'No. 88' A design for an oval pier glass. Half of the design is highly finished, the other half is less detailed. The frame is vertically aligned. The frame features neoclassical moulding. The crest is topped by an anthemion which sits on a long cylindrical base. Two large acanthus s-scrolls also support the anthemion. Festoons fall from the top of these scrolls, following the line of the mirror. The apron features a large animal head with leaf scrolls and husks.\r\n\r\n'No. 87' A design for an oval pier glass. Half of the design is highly finished, the other half is barely sketched. The frame is vertically aligned. The frame features neoclassical moulding. A large urn in a curved triangular shape, sits on top of a scalloped base. A ram's head is placed under this base. The base is supported by three scrolls. 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