[15] Early design for ante room

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Stowe, Buckinghamshire: design for library for 1st Marquis of Buckingham, 1805-6 and later unexecuted designs (80)
    - Library
      - Designs and working drawings for the lobby

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Reference number

SM 33/3/B8

Purpose

[15] Early design for ante room

Aspect

Plan of Anti Room

Scale

bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Library, some dimensions given and The Marquis of Buckingham

Signed and dated

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper (365 x 510)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

Each corner has a pair of slender columns. There is no indication of a stair that was to be an important element in the design of the 'lobby' which became the preferred term.

It seems that this design is an early one that was replaced by the designs with bowed ends that follow.

According to M.McCarthy in his article on the Stowe library (Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, volume XLIV, 1985, p.131.) it was Lord Buckingham's idea that there should be a 'sort of anti-room' to the library.

Level

Drawing

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