[2] Designs for two chimneypieces

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: 24 George Street, Hanover Square: survey and chimneypiece designs for Dr Pemberton, 1799 (3)

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Reference number

SM 81/2/81

Purpose

[2] Designs for two chimneypieces

Aspect

Front Drawing Room and Bow drawing room

Scale

to a scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above and Dr Pembleton

Signed and dated

30/12/1800
(Copy) Lincolns Inn Fields Dec^r 30th / 1800

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (340 x 544)

Hand

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.

Notes

The restrained designs are the same except that the bow room parlour has a taller mirror by one foot. The frames to the mirrors have 'pilasters' on either side and across the top, and are stopped by a rosette which re-appears beneath the mantel.

Level

Drawing

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