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 D1/15/11

Purpose

Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07

Aspect

[161] Plan, elevations, section and details of a grey marble Chimney-piece for Eating room Stratton Park with fret detail on lintel, the jambs with coupled pilasters, their capitals decorated by discs and dentils

Scale

Scale 2 In^s. to a Foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled, Profile of Cap of Pilasters & Shelf / full size, Elevation of one end, Slab, Section through the middle, opening of Chimney, Section full size thro the middle / shewing mouldings round opening & fret in frize, dimensions given and For M^r Spiller & Dominique Jean Newman Mews / Castle Street, Oxford road Signed: GD Dated: Oct^r 25^th 1804

Signed and dated

1803-07

Medium and dimensions

Black. brown and red pen, sepia, light red and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper (480 x 675)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

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

Notes

The chimney-piece has a fret-ornamented frieze and jambs with coupled pilasters, their heads decorated by discs and guttae; the ornaments were of ormolu, it seems.

For information on Robert Spiller, see Appendix 4.

Level

Drawing

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