[32] Design for the eating room

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  - London: No. 49 (formerly 44) Grosvenor Square: alterations for Robert Knight, 1801-2 and 1818-19 (47)
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Reference number

SM 40/3/29

Purpose

[32] Design for the eating room

Aspect

Plan and part-wall elevation of the Eating Room

Scale

bar scale of 5/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Robert Knight Esq^re, A.A. These Recesses to correspond, B.B. These Recesses to correspond, equal (4 times) AA, BB

Signed and dated

12/09/1805
Lincolns Inn Fields / Sep^r 12 [1805]

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and yellow washes, shaded, pricked for transfer on thin laid paper with two fold marks (534 x 646)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

A comparison with the plan for the ground floor ([4)] shows that the main changes to the room are the removal of the chimney-piece from the east wall to the opposite wall and the exchange of a single large window for the three windows on the front to Grosvenor Square. There is also the introduction of two large niches each containing a side table with four slender legs and presumably a semicircular top, on which is shown a selection of silverware.

Level

Drawing

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