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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)

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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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