Variant design for a six-part villa in a Classical style 78 by 81 feet based on a design by an unidentified architect, c.1811-12

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
- Country Houses (31)
  - Variant design for a six-part villa in a Classical style 78 by 81 feet based on a design by an unidentified architect, c.1811-12 (13)

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Reference number

SM D2/8/33

Purpose

Variant design for a six-part villa in a Classical style 78 by 81 feet based on a design by an unidentified architect, c.1811-12

Aspect

[6] Cross-section with three simple triangular roof trusses and details and colour scheme of interior decoration

Scale

1/5 in to 1ft

Inscribed

some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c.1811-12

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, warm sepia, blue, Indian red and green washes, shaded, pencil, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper (265 x 485)

Hand

Dance

Notes

Dance rarely shows a colour scheme and particularly not for a whole house. Here the colours are muted: grey-brown (warm sepia) for one bedroom and a mid-green for the other; blue-grey with grey pilasters for the dining room with buffet table and niches; Indian red for another reception room that has grey woodwork; red-brown scagliola for the Doric columns of the ground floor hall which has grey walls; blue-grey for the Ionic order of the first floor gallery which has grey walls; and blue-grey for the lantern walls with grey panel-pilasters.

Level

Drawing

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