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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. 54' A very small design for an oval shaped girandole with acanthus scrolls and other classical motifs. Candle sockets were drawn in and then scrubbed out.\r\n\r\n'No. 55' A design for a rectangular looking glass with a curved top. Half of the design is highly finished, the other half features less detail. The centre has two panels sized 39 by 28 and 20 by 28, divided by neoclassical moulding. Outside is further glass with patera which touch the outer frame which features bead and reel moulding and fluting. Acanthus scrolls, with husk festoons hanging down, surround the sides. The apron features two c-scrolls. The crest is topped by a bowl shape on a stand.\r\n\r\n'No. 56' A design for a girandole. The apron features a ram's head with husk festoons. \r\nTwo curved stems lead to candle sockets. The frame features neoclassical moulding. Husk festoons are supported by acanthus scrolls around the sides. The crest is topped by a bow from which husk festoons loop down and support a patera.\r\n\r\n'No. 57' A design for an oval pier glass. The frame is vertically aligned and features a ram's head. Husk festoons are supported by acanthus scrolls around the sides and fall from the bow at the top of the crest. The bow loops down, holding a patera.\r\n\r\n'No. 58' Half a design for an oval pier glass. The frame is vertically aligned and features neoclassical moulding. The apron features a ram's head and husk festoons. 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