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Reference number

SM D1/15/9

Purpose

Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08

Aspect

[169] Copy of [SM D1/15/6]

Scale

2 in to 1ft and full size

Inscribed

Section through the Mantle Cap & Shelf full size, labelled Or molic (sic, twice) and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1802-08

Medium and dimensions

Pen, blue, sepia, yellow and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (485 x 685)

Hand

neat sloping office hand (Stratton, Coleorton)

Watermark

1801 J Whatman

Notes

This was copied by the same neat sloping office hand as another copy of a design for a chimney-piece at Stratton [SM D1/15/7]. This Stratton 'eating room' design also employs double pilasters with ormolu paterae as well as the 'guttae' found in the Coleorton drawing room chimney-piece design ([SM D1/15/12]). It was a sensible office practice to make copies of standard details, such as chimney-pieces, that might then be re-used.

Level

Drawing

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