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[33] Working drawing for the drawing-room, May 1787
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Reference number
SM volume 57/9
Purpose
[33] Working drawing for the drawing-room, May 1787
Aspect
Copy of details for Moldings at large for the Bookcase / in Drawing Room using a roundel with dog rose motif and a festoon of bellflower and ribbon, with detail of Moldings on the front of Shelves
Scale
full size
Inscribed
as above, A to project ¾ inch before B / An additional thickness must be put / on the Pilasters to form the / Grooves which are to be molded / like those at Letton (Letton Hall q.v.), Front of Shelves, Moldings on the front of Shelves, lettered A B (twice) and E, and Revd Archdeacon Gooch
Signed and dated
- May 1787
May 1787
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and light red washes, shaded on laid paper (284 x 444)
Hand
Pupil 1786-91 John McDonnell, draughtsman
John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Watermark
fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W
Level
Drawing
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