Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
- Country Houses (31)
  - Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07 (186). Survey drawings, preliminary designs, presentation design not as executed, revised design and working drawings for reconstruction for Sir Francis Baring Bart

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Reference number

SM D1/4/52

Purpose

Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07

Aspect

[151] Elevation of door between drawing room and library, full size plan of hinges and housing, and rough detail of lyre ornament

Scale

1 in to 1 ft and full size

Inscribed

Suppos'd face of Bookcases, (Carter) Large Doors between Drawing Room & Library, (pencil, Carter) 12..6 to Softe of Door / on Library Side, (Carter) The Radius or length of Center / for Striking the Curve to front / of Bookcases end of Library / is 16^feet..&½^Inches, Door Case Drawing Room sides, some dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Plan and Elevation / of the large folding doors / between Library & Drawing room

Signed and dated

1803-07

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink, raw umber, burnt umber and sepia washes, pencil on laid paper, two sheets joined (1420 x 665)

Hand

Dance, Carter

Watermark

D & C Blauw IV and D&CBxX in cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis

Notes

Each leaf 3 feet 3 inches wide folds into the jamb. The doorcase is surmounted by stele detail, that is, a pediment with a half-roundel at each end and a three-quarter roundel at the apex.

See also [SM D1/4/26] for an elevation of the door between library and drawing room.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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