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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 volume 42/75
Purpose
Tracing of designs
Aspect
Details of Entab.[lature] to door with Ornamt in frieze / the same as round the room and Arch.[itrave] enr.[iched] as the / Windows for Lady Clive's Dressing room; and entablature and architrave over and around Library door cap[ital] at Claremont
Scale
¼ full size
Inscribed
as above, some dimensions given and £1: 10s
Signed and dated
- datable to c. 1771-4
Medium and dimensions
Pen on tracing paper (161 x 134)
Hand
traced by Soane, Henry Holland office
Notes
The ancon of the door in Lady Clive's dressing room is similar to that on a design for a chimney-piece for the same room 42/65 (q.v.). Lord Clive's dressing room became the library soon after the contract was signed between client and architect in February 1771.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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