[46] Working drawing for bookcase mouldings

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Country houses, etc.
  - Stowe, Buckinghamshire: design for library for 1st Marquis of Buckingham, 1805-6 and later unexecuted designs (80)
    - Library
      - Bookcases, shrine, panelling, fixings

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Reference number

SM 33/3/B23

Purpose

[46] Working drawing for bookcase mouldings

Aspect

Base Moldings of Bookcase & Base of Column

Scale

full size

Inscribed

as above, The Marquis of Buckingham, Gothic Library at Stowe, (?) Case, Brach---, Door, Door Rail, Top, Deal (twice) Floor, Base of Column, Rail ofDoor, Molding of Base, Bottom / Deal and some dimensions given (verso) Base molds of Room & Top of Bk Cases

Signed and dated

15/07/1805
Copy July 17 1805

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and light red wash, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper with two fold marks (543 x 666)

Hand

Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848)

Verso

Rough pencil details for mouldings inscribed 'Base Molds of / Room & Top of Bk cases'

Notes

Seward served his articles with Soane and stayed on a further nine years so was well qualified to make full size working drawings for the workmen.

Level

Drawing

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

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