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[8] Design for alterations to drawing room
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Reference number
SM 5/1/5
Purpose
[8] Design for alterations to drawing room
Aspect
Plan and laid out wall elevations
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Henry Peters Esqre Betchworth Castle, Drawing Room, Satin Wood, Green Silk, 4½ or 6" if possible and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 26/01/1799
Lincolns Inn Fields Janry 26 1799
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with two fold marks (554 x 687)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. Information from the Soane office Day Book.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. Information from the Soane office Day Book.
Notes
The breakfast room has been merged with the drawing room and for interest and to overcome the lack of symmetry, apsidal ends have been introduced. Two new doors (to the west, one of them fake) with book shelves on each side are to be of satin wood and each is crowned by an urn with drapery.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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