Working drawings for Mrs Dillingham's dressing room, c. 29 November 1786 (3)

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Reference number

SM (54) 28/7/12, (55) 28/7/14, (56) 81/1/24

Purpose

Working drawings for Mrs Dillingham's dressing room, c. 29 November 1786 (3)

Aspect

54 Plan and laid-out wall elevations inscribed Section of Lobby to M^rsDillinghams / Dressing Room
55 Plan and laid-out wall elevations of M^rsDillinghams / Dressing room and detail of Mouldings on / doors & Shutters / in M^rsD: room
56 Elevation and details of The Chimney piece for M^rsDillinghams / Dressing Room

Scale

(54) bar scale of 3/8 in to 1 ft approximately (55) to a scale (56) 1½ in to 1 ft and full size

Inscribed

(54) as above, (Soane) A.B. This part of the door only / opens & must be exactly / of the same dimensions as / the other doors & fra[me]^dto correspond on the back / C. this part is fixed and fra[me]^dto / correspond with the framing / of the door, & when the door / is shut it appears as part / of the door / D. This recess is on 2¼ inches deep / & is formed by battening out / that end of the Passage. / Angle beads in Wood to the / spring^gof the Arches & / then in Stucco, (Sanders) When the Door is shut /all the Pannels are / to range, bead (twice), hang the door / on this side, Doorway into best Staircase, (pencil, ? hand) Jaumb (jamb) Inch thick and A A B C (55) as above, This window / to be finished / like the others, Jib door, a / a. finish this door so / as to leave the pier / a as small as possible, Front Shutters 1½ thick / doors 2 in: thick, Mouldings on both sides of doors, & Shutters (fronts only) / of the Chambers / floor and some dimensions given
(56) as above, (Soane) Moulding at Large, Composition, Line of Tablet A, A. Tablet with Festoon of Fruit & Flowers / B. Projects before C ¼ of an Inch, Wall line must be determined by the / projection of the Impost Moldings / the Pilasters are to stand / before those Moldings 1/16 of / an Inch only, Profile of the Pilasters, In the expectation these will / be ovals so as to bring in / four on each side of the / Tablet, Slab of Vein'd Marble, White Marble (twice), A B C, some dimensions given, (Sanders) Length of Slabb 5.3, (pencil, Soane) Eat^g Room / Dep Acct

Signed and dated

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Medium and dimensions

(54) Pen on thin laid paper (334 x 590) (55) pen on cartridge paper with two fold marks and some creases and stains (430 x 605) (56) pen and sepia wash on cartridge paper with three fold marks (552 x 670)

Hand

(54-55) John Sanders (pupil 1784-90) / Soane (56) Soane

Notes

Drawing 54 is the same as drawing 51 where it is labelled 'Lobby to Mr Dillingham['s] Room' so a mistaken inscription or a change of use? When Mr Dillingham inherited Letton Hall in 1783 he was a widower (G.Darley, John Soane ..., 1999, p.66) and subsequently (Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 1934) married again, probably in 1786 or 1787.
Drawing 56 like drawing 40 is a full size working drawing beautifully done by Soane probably at the same time, that is, 29 November 1786.
See also drawing 57, made for the fabricator of composition mouldings, where the details of the tablet have been altered so that there are 'Boys' instead of a festoon.

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Drawing

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