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[45] Record copy of design for entablature to the doors of the hall
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Reference number
SM volume 41/61 verso
Purpose
[45] Record copy of design for entablature to the doors of the hall
Aspect
Entablature to the doors of Hall
Scale
½ Size
Inscribed
as above, Tendring [Hall], Frieze, Cornice & Consoles / in Plaister, Hall door like Mr Lewis, These Moldings / only round the / small Window, Line of Frieze, Wall Line, These Moldings / only in the / Raking Cornice
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil on laid paper (364 x 244) bound into 'Precedents in Architecture ' SM volume 41
Hand
John Sanders (pupil, 1 September 1784-90)
Watermark
fleur-de-lis
Notes
The console or bracket to the door consists of a double scroll with conventional patera, bellflower and acanthus ornament. The 'Mr Lewis' referred to was Henry Greswold Lewis of Malvern Hall, Warwickshire (q.v.) for whom Soane was designing extensive alterations and additions at this time.
SM volume 41/61 verso, SM volume 41/62 recto, SM volume 41/62 verso, SM volume 41/63 recto, SM volume 41/63 verso and SM volume 41/64 recto are all record copies of designs for which the original drawings have mosty not survived.
SM volume 41/61 verso, SM volume 41/62 recto, SM volume 41/62 verso, SM volume 41/63 recto, SM volume 41/63 verso and SM volume 41/64 recto are all record copies of designs for which the original drawings have mosty not survived.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk