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SM M1378. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Lewis Bush
Cast of an egg or ovolo from a length of egg and dart moulding from an unidentified source
Plaster cast
Museum number: M1378
On display: Drawing Office - also known as the Students Room (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
This is probably a cast from an antique Roman fragment of egg and dart moulding.
Interestingly, in its original location on the west wall of the Drawing Office or Students Room, this forms a symmetrical arrangement with another piece of egg and dart, perhaps fulfilling a didactic purpose for Soane's pupils.
Interestingly, in its original location on the west wall of the Drawing Office or Students Room, this forms a symmetrical arrangement with another piece of egg and dart, perhaps fulfilling a didactic purpose for Soane's pupils.
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