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Sir William Chambers|John Yenn

Design for a Pier-glass, of Tall Oblong Form, the Border a Palmette Frieze, the Termination an Urn

1740–1800
Pen and ink, watercolor
39.3 × 24.1 cm (15.5 × 9.5 in)

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