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[16] Designs for three chimney-pieces
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Reference number
SM 81/2/48
Purpose
[16] Designs for three chimney-pieces
Aspect
Plans, elevations, half-elevations with alternative designs and sections
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Back drawing Room, Bow Ante Room, Small room / to be lowered 3 inches, Approved of Octr 24 1798, this side approved of and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 24/10/1798
Octr 24 1798 - Octr 24: 1798
- 24/10/1798
Octr 24: 1798
Medium and dimensions
Pen, black, raw sienna and burnt sienna washes on wove paper with three fold marks (317 x 560)
Hand
The office Day Book has George Mansfield (surveyor from 1 May 1797 to December 1800) 'Abt Accts & Sketches of chy
Notes
For the 'small room' there is a choice between a chimney-piece with mantel supported by a fluted tapering support on a base or a very tapered support with a leafy finial.
Level
Drawing
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