[50] Design for a chimneypiece, datable to May 1802

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  - London: 90 Fleet Street, City of London: new banking house for William Praed, 1801 (59)
    - Designs and working drawings for chimneypieces, May 1802 (3)

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Reference number

SM 81/2/53

Purpose

[50] Design for a chimneypiece, datable to May 1802

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece; (verso) Elevation of Chimney in the Front Room / 2 P^r Floor at the House in Fleet St and Elevation of Chimney in the Back Room / 2 Pair Floor at Fleet Street House

Scale

(recto and verso) bar scales of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

labelled: Bookcase (twice), Wall line, B (4 times), A (twice), Black or dove on / Brocatelle &^c and dimensions given; (verso) as above, [Fleet] Street / [Lin]colns Inn Fields, Chamber and dimensions given

Signed and dated

May 1802
(verso) May 28^th 1802

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper with three fold marks (319 x 526)

Hand

Soane Office
Nothing in Day Books.

Notes

The chimneypiece is completely lacking in ornament, relying instead for decoration on contrasting marbles - black or dove or brocatelle, according to a note in Soane's hand. On the verso, the two chimneys on the two pair floor are 3 feet 6 inches wide. The design on the recto may be for either of these, or for either of the chimneys on the one pair floor (see drawing [49]).

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Drawing

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