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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. 71' A half-drawn design for an oval looking glass with an urn finial. The frame is vertically aligned. The frame features neoclassical moulding. Husk festoons are supported by acanthus scrolls around the sides. The apron features a ram's head.\r\n\r\n'No. 72' A design for an oval looking glass. The frame is vertically aligned. Half of the design is highly finished, the other half is barely sketched. The frame features neoclassical moulding. The apron and crest feature acanthus scrolls and husk festoons. The crest is topped by an urn finial flanked by rams' heads.\r\n\r\n'No. 73' A design for a rectangular looking glass with a curved top and an urn finial. The frame is vertically aligned. The frame features acanthus scrolls.\r\n\r\n'No. 74' A design for a rectangular mirror, with a spherical urn finial. The frame is vertically aligned. The frame features neoclassical moulding and paterae. The frame features husk festoons.\r\n\r\n'No. 75' A design for a rectangular mirror, with an urn finial. The frame is vertically aligned. The frame features neoclassical moulding, acanthus scrolls and husk festoons.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Linnell, John","id":"A8617"},"association":{"text":"workshop of","id":"x28708"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pencil","id":"x30347"},{"text":"ink","id":"AAT15012"},{"text":"watercolour","id":"x33202"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing","id":"x32498"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Ink, pencil, grey and yellow watercolour","categories":[{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"},{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"}],"styles":[{"text":"Neoclassical","id":"AAT21477"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2019MJ9617"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLE","id":"THES49657"},"free":"","case":"W","shelf":"1","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}],[{"text":"drawing","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"mid 1770s","earliest":"1773-01-01","latest":"1776-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"54.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"mount","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"74.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"mount","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"31","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"design","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"50.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"design","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'No. 71' 'Mr Bird 1 frame wt gold for his own plate / July 23d - 1773' \r\n'4 - 4' by '2:6 1/2'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"The latter inscription provides the dimensions of the frame for design no. 71"},{"content":"'No. 72' 'Mr Cary 1 for his own glass B. gold / July 23d -1773'\r\n'5 ft' by '2:4'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"'B. gold' is burnished gold. The latter inscription provides the dimensions of the frame for design no. 72."},{"content":"'No. 73' 'Mr Chambers at Peckham 1 frame in Rep/d white 28-18 July 10th 1773'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"'28-18' gives the dimensions of the mirror glass."},{"content":"'No. 74' 'Mr Voyez July 10th 2-21 1/2 B. gold'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"'B. gold' is burnished gold"},{"content":"'No. 75' 'Mr John Voyez July 10th 1773 / B. gold'\r\n'35 - 20 1/2'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"'B. gold' is burnished gold. 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