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[15] Design for plaster finishings to the drawing room, Soffitt, 11 August 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 80/1/17
Purpose
[15] Design for plaster finishings to the drawing room, Soffitt, 11 August 1791
Aspect
Detail of soffit
Scale
Half the full Size
Inscribed
as above, Soffite of Arch to Drawing Room, The Earl of Hardwicke / Wimple; (verso) The Earl of Hardwicke / Soffite of arch to drawing room / Wimple
Signed and dated
- 11 August 1791
Copy Great Scotland Yard Augt 11 1791; (verso) Augst 11 1791
Medium and dimensions
pencil, pen and pink wash on laid paper with two fold marks (340 x 552)
Hand
Laing, David (1774--1856), draughtsman
David Laing (1774-1856, pupil 1790-1796)
David Laing (1774-1856, pupil 1790-1796)
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
Drawing 15 has a design for a guilloche pattern for the soffits of the semicircular arches. The room was built with a Greek key motif in the soffits. The drawing was sent to Papworth on 11 August, after having been drawn by Laing the same day (Daybook 1791).
Level
Drawing
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