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[106] Working drawing for the chimney-piece in the music room, June 1791
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 81/2/19
Purpose
[106] Working drawing for the chimney-piece in the music room, June 1791
Aspect
Elevation of the music room chimney-piece; plan of one jamb; rough plan; detail of mantel; (verso) rough detail of mantel; and rough half-elevation of chimney-piece
Scale
full size and to a scale of 1¼ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Marquiss of Abercorn, Hall, vein'd (three times), black, wall line, 2 feet 0½ in, dimensions given, and (pencil) Lord Buckingham; (verso, pencil) calculations and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- June 1791
June 1791
Medium and dimensions
pencil and pen on laid paper (391 x 321)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office
Soane office
Watermark
GR and Britannia within crowned cartouche
Notes
The chimney-piece in the music hall has a scroll pattern similar to the room's frieze (see drawing 95). The chimney-piece is simple, with the same pattern on the frieze and jambs. A note on drawing 106 indicates that the design was to be reused for 'Lord Buckingham'. Soane built a 'Saxon' library for George Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, at Stowe in 1805 and he remodelled Wotton House in 1820-3.
Level
Drawing
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