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[15] Early design for ante room
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Reference number
SM 33/3/B8
Purpose
[15] Early design for ante room
Aspect
Plan of Anti Room
Scale
bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Library, some dimensions given and The Marquis of Buckingham
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper (365 x 510)
Hand
Soane office
Notes
Each corner has a pair of slender columns. There is no indication of a stair that was to be an important element in the design of the 'lobby' which became the preferred term.
It seems that this design is an early one that was replaced by the designs with bowed ends that follow.
According to M.McCarthy in his article on the Stowe library (Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, volume XLIV, 1985, p.131.) it was Lord Buckingham's idea that there should be a 'sort of anti-room' to the library.
It seems that this design is an early one that was replaced by the designs with bowed ends that follow.
According to M.McCarthy in his article on the Stowe library (Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, volume XLIV, 1985, p.131.) it was Lord Buckingham's idea that there should be a 'sort of anti-room' to the library.
Level
Drawing
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