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[7] Design for bedroom chimney-pieces, as executed, datable to December 1788
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Reference number
SM 81/2/49
Purpose
[7] Design for bedroom chimney-pieces, as executed, datable to December 1788
Aspect
Elevation of chimney-piece and detail section
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Countess of Pebroke, Richmond / Chimney pieces for 2 angle chimneys, one pair, marble, ¼ in / projection, marble, 1½ (three times) , 3'9, 3'1½, 4" (three times), 4½, 2¾, moulding / round stone, cap at large; (verso) Countess of Pembroke / chimney pieces / for angle chimneys / one pair
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and pen on laid paper with four fold marks (446 x 287)
Hand
attributed to Soane
Watermark
fleur-de-lis over cartouche with GR below
Notes
Drawings for the chimney-pieces were made on 19 December 1788 and settled with Lady Pembroke the following day (Journal No 1). This drawing is for the two bedrooms in the new addition. Both bedrooms contained a narrow corner chimney-piece (see SM 28/3/11v).
The chimney-piece is diminutive and feminine, having narrow dimensions, fine mouldings and simple ornament. The central plaque on the frieze is decorated with cabled fluting between stylized flowers set in relief roundels.
The chimney-piece is diminutive and feminine, having narrow dimensions, fine mouldings and simple ornament. The central plaque on the frieze is decorated with cabled fluting between stylized flowers set in relief roundels.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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