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Reference number

SM 64/1/7

Purpose

[142] Variant design for the organ case in the music and breakfast room, and earlier preliminary design for drawing room ceiling, October 1799

Aspect

Plan; front elevation; side elevation and part-section of room; and details of the pipes; (verso, sheet trimmed) plan of the drawing room with reflected ceiling plan and laid-out elevations; detail of the Greek fret motif for the ceiling

Scale

bar scale of 5/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(verso, pencil) A, Qy is the Pannel A under thet / window to be Glass - Yes, dimensions of ceiling given in brown pen

Signed and dated

  • October 1799
    (verso) Sep: 24: 1797

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and wash, (verso) brown pen, on wove paper with two fold marks (326 x 449)

Hand

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

Watermark

I Taylor and horn within crowned cartouche and GR below

Level

Drawing

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