[107] Working drawing for the chimney-piece in the drawing room, June/April 1791

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    - Working drawings for the chimney-pieces in the eating room, drawing room, music hall and unidentified, April-July 1791

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Reference number

SM 81/1/16

Purpose

[107] Working drawing for the chimney-piece in the drawing room, June/April 1791

Aspect

Elevation of chimney-piece in the (?) drawing room; rough elevation; and detail of mouldings

Scale

full size aind bar scale of 1½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Statuary marble, A. projects before B, wall line, A, B, dimensions and calcualtions given

Signed and dated

13 April 1791
Albion Place June 28^th1790 / Bentley Priory April 13 1791

Medium and dimensions

pencil and pen on laid paper with four fold marks (665 x 556)

Hand

SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane office and Soane
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office and Soane

Notes

Drawing 107 shows a chimney-piece design similar to that shown in a perspective of the drawing room, drawing 93, having fluted jambs and a frieze ornamented with a delicate Vitruvian scroll motif. The drawing appears to be a reused design, as it has been slightly modified and the date changed. The drawing may have originally been made for a town house on Surrey Street, Norwich, for John Patteson in 1790. See drawing 7 under the scheme.

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Drawing

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