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Working drawings for mouldings and chimney-pieces in the breakfast room, bedrooms and attic, 3 and 6 November 1789 (7)

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The three rooms have simple base and and architrave mouldings, though a slight hierarchy occurs from attic to breakfast room, the latter being a principal room and thus the most ornate.

The rooms have alternative cornice designs (drawing 36). The breakfast room has a Vitruvian scroll motif under the coved ceiling, and the frieze is lined with a triple-bead mould. The library cornice is a Doric inspired pattern, with fluted triglyphs under an egg and dart moulding.

The chimney-piece in the breakfast room (drawing 37) has fluted jambs framing the coved marble lining. The fireplace is 3 feet 3 inches across and 3 feet 2 inches high. The frieze is ornamented with straight water-leaves and the overmantel has a guilloche pattern; both are made of composition.

The chimney-pieces in the bedrooms are the same dimensions as those in the breakfast room. Those in the attic are smaller, at 2 feet 3 inches by 2 feet 10 inches.

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