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[14] Design for plaster finishings to the drawing room, 12 July 1791
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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 6/1/7
Purpose
[14] Design for plaster finishings to the drawing room, 12 July 1791
Aspect
Section of drawing Room; Plan of fluting; detail of a spandrel; detail of the ceiling mouldings
Scale
bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot, full size; (verso) bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Full size as given to Mr Papworth, 1:3 (five times), Wimple, 1¼ (twice), Sunk / 2 In, 3"
Signed and dated
- 12 July 1791
July 12 1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, brown pen on cartridge paper with three fold marks and traces of red sealing wax (656 x 531)
Hand
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane and attributed to Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794)
Attributed to Thomas Chawner (1774 - 1851), draughtsman
Soane and attributed to Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794)
Soane and attributed to Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794)
Attributed to Thomas Chawner (1774 - 1851), draughtsman
Soane and attributed to Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794)
Notes
The section on drawing 14 shows a taller room than earlier designs (drawings 6 and 7). Although the apsidal ends are as high as the semicircular arches, the ceiling at the crossing in the centre of the room is raised on coving over crescent stilting pieces and false pendentives. This extra height was probably necessary to raise the lantern above the surrounding rooftops (as on drawing 4). The section has unexecuted designs for the finishings, but the drawing's margins contain a preliminary design for the fluted coving of the final design.
Level
Drawing
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