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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. 49' A roughly sketched design for an oval looking glass with an urn finial. The frame is vertically aligned. The frame features neoclassical moulding. Acanthus scrolls surround the edges.\r\n\r\n'No. 50' A design for a rectangular frame with an urn finial. The frame is vertically aligned and features neoclassical moulding, husk festoons and acanthus scrolls.\r\n\r\n'No. 51' A design for an oval frame with an urn finial on a triangular base. The frame is vertically aligned. The frame features ribbon moulding, husk festoons and acanthus scrolls. The crest features two animal heads.\r\n\r\n'No. 52' A design for an oval pier glass, with one side highly finished, the other roughly sketched. The frame is vertically aligned. The frame features neoclassical moulding. The crest is decorated with acanthus scrolls, husk swags and an urn. Two animal heads flank the mirror.\r\n\r\n'No. 53' A design for an oval pier glass, with an urn finial with c-scroll handles. The frame is vertically aligned and features acanthus scrolls and neoclassical moulding.","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":"Pen, pencil, yellow watercolour","categories":[{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"},{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"}],"styles":[{"text":"Neoclassical","id":"AAT21477"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2019MJ9715"],"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":"June 1773","earliest":"1773-06-01","latest":"1773-06-30"},"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":"52.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"design","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'No. 49' 'Mr Rogers 1 Frame & glass / 27-19 in Repd white' '2 B. large palm girandoles with double branches'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"'27-19' gives the dimensions of the mirrored glass."},{"content":"'No. 50' 'Mrs Marrett 1 Frame for her own glass in 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. The latter inscription provides the dimensions of the glass."},{"content":"'No. 51' 'Mr Goodrich 1 in B. gold June 12th - 73'\r\n'36-26'\r\n'2 In broad'\r\n'5 ft 10' by '2:9'","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. '36-26' provides the dimensions of the mirrored glass. '2 In broad' provides information on the width of the moulding. 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