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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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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.
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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Contents of Working drawings for mouldings and chimney-pieces in the breakfast room, bedrooms and attic, 3 and 6 November 1789 (7)
- [34] Working drawing for mouldings in the breakfast room, bedrooms and attic, 3 November 1789
- [35] Working drawing for mouldings in the breakfast room, bedrooms and attic, 3 November 1789
- [36] Working drawing for mouldings in the breakfast room, bedrooms and attic, 3 November 1789
- [37] Working drawing for chimney-piece in the breakfast room, 3 November 1789
- [38] Working drawing for chimney-piece in the bedrooms, 6 November 1789
- [39] Working drawing for chimney-piece in the attic, 3 November 1789
- [40] Working drawing for chimney-piece in the attic, 3 November 1789