Designs and working drawings for decorative features, c. 2 to 4 August 1802 (4)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Country houses, etc.
  - Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing, London: (executed) a house for John Soane and six unexecuted schemes for a villa at Acton, 1800-1832 (285)
    - Breakfast Room, February 1801 - August 1802 (15)

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Designs and working drawings for decorative features, c. 2 to 4 August 1802 (4)

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Drawing 204 shows the Breakfast Room similar to as built, plainer in style than 203. The drawings all show caryatids in the corners and, above the doors, an acroterion enclosing a wreathed eagle (as on the exterior of the house and gate). The chimney piece appears just as it does in drawings 199 and 200, with Greek Key fret and the columbaria are shown in place.

Drawing 202 is slightly different with triple long arched blind arcading (or niches) on either long side of the room. Drawing 201 displays mouldings that are similar to, if they do not exactly correspond to, drawing 203. The fret work also repeats that of the chimney piece.

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Contents of Designs and working drawings for decorative features, c. 2 to 4 August 1802 (4)