[6] Record copy of details of chimneypiece and of mouldings for the old drawing room, December 1784

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Reference number

SM volume 41/41 recto

Purpose

[6] Record copy of details of chimneypiece and of mouldings for the old drawing room, December 1784

Aspect

Elevation and detail of Chimney Piece for the old Drawing Room at Malvern Hall

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 in to 1 ft approximately, and Drawn to 1/3 of / the full size

Inscribed

as above, labelled profile, Marble (3 times), A to project before B 1/8 of an inch, C projects 7/8 of an inch before D, Line of the Marble, Wall line, A, B, E (7 times) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

Dec^r14^th1784

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, pencil, pricked and scored for transfer; pen, pencil correction: on laid paper (242 x 360) bound into 'Precedents in Architecture' SM volume 41

Hand

John Sanders (pupil 1784-90)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis

Notes

The elevation for the marble chimneypiece has medallions on the frieze and jambs with a rectangular plaque with a ribboned festoon in the centre of the frieze. The one-third full size detail substitutes rosettes for the medallions and is more florid.

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Drawing

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