Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
- Country Houses (31)
  - Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08 (170). Builder's letter, survey drawings, alternative designs, record drawing, preliminary design, design and working drawings for Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet

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Reference number

SM D1/15/4

Purpose

Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08

Aspect

[167] Plan, elevation and details of chimney-piece with plain pilasters and two sunk roundels, probably for the bedrooms

Scale

2 in to 1 ft and full size

Inscribed

N^o 6 of these Chimney pieces / & Slabs of White & vein'd marble, Plan full size, Moldings full size, For M^r Spiller / return the drawing when done with, dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Chimney piece, (neat sloping office hand) Drawing of Chimney / Pieces
Signed: GD
Dated: April 16^th 1806

Signed and dated

1802-08

Medium and dimensions

Pen, light red and sepia washes, pencil on laid paper (485 x 675)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D & C Blauw and fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and WR below

Notes

Two of the bedrooms now (1999) have plain marble chimney-pieces that do not correspond to this drawing.

Dance used Robert Spiller, a carver, on several other of his jobs. See the note on tradesman in Appendix 4.

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Drawing

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