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[6] Record copy of interior details and of specification for the ground and first floors, January 1786
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Reference number
SM volume 41/64 verso
Purpose
[6] Record copy of interior details and of specification for the ground and first floors, January 1786
Aspect
Details of: Cornice for the Center Room - South Front; Cornice for the Drawing Room; Cornice for the Hall, the best Staircase / Mr Rix's Room & the two best Chambers; Base & Surbase in the / Eating Room & drawing / room; Architrave to all the / doors on the Ground / & Hall floors and of pilaster and architrave labelled: front line of shutter, Into this Pilaster / the Shutters are to lock & is to project from the Wall Line / sufficiently to receive the Shutters / & to stop the Moldings
Scale
¼ Size
Inscribed
as above, N.Rix Esqre and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- Jan: 1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink wash, pencil on laid paper (364 x 244) bound into 'Precedents in Architecture' SM volume 41
Hand
John McDonnell (pupil, 18 March 1786-91)
Watermark
fleur-de-lis
Notes
The date 'January 1786' refers to the date of the original drawing that was copied. John McDonnell was articled to Soane from 18 March 1786 and obviously the copy was made after that date.
Level
Drawing
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