[2] Record drawing of details for the drawing room

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  - Nackington, Kent: (executed) alterations and additions for Richard Milles, 1786-1787 (6)

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Reference number

SM volume 57/1

Purpose

[2] Record drawing of details for the drawing room

Aspect

Details of the Draw^ng Room at Nackington

Scale

bar scale of 1/12 inch to one foot

Inscribed

As above, R Milles Esq, 1, Soffit of Window, Door into Book Room, Shutter to the Window, (feint pencil) ^5/10 bead for Cutting, (very feint pencil) from the floor to the top of SurCase 20 and dimensions given

Signed and dated

datable to between September 1786 and January 1787 (See SM Order Book 1787, pt. 1 p. 37 and notes below)

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil on laid paper (396 x 282)

Hand

John McDonnell (pupil February 1786-91)

Watermark

Taylor

Notes

This drawing shows the design of the '6 pan[e]l double margin doors' (SM Bill Book No 1 1786-88) which led 'into [the] Book Room' from the new drawing room addition through what had previously been a window.

Literature

P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.176

Level

Drawing

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