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[173] Alternative design for a stove in the entrance hall in the form of the upper part of a suit of armour, 31 August 1799
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Reference number
SM 8/5/2
Purpose
[173] Alternative design for a stove in the entrance hall in the form of the upper part of a suit of armour, 31 August 1799
Aspect
Front and side elevations
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Marq. of Abercorn, 5 ft 1, 1 ft 5 in, 6 ft 6, (Bailey) Design for the stove in the New Hall (Bentley Priory)
Signed and dated
- 31 August 1799
Copy Lincolns Inn Fields Aug / 31 1799
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and wash on wove paper with one fold mark (508 x 336)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office
Soane office
Literature
P. Ward-Jackson, English furniture designs of the eighteenth century (for the Victoria & Albert Museum), 1959, plate 306 and 306a; D. Stroud, Sir John Soane, Architect, 1984, p. 138.
Level
Drawing
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