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Reference number
SM 81/2/12
Purpose
Working drawing
Aspect
Plan and detail of a Chimney Piece for Chambers
Scale
bar scale of 1/16 inch to 1 inch and Plan full size
Inscribed
as above, Rene Payne Esqr, Wood (3 times), Marble (3 times) and 6" (3 times)
Signed and dated
- Copy Lincolns Inn Fields March 26th 95
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on laid paper with two fold marks (194 x 334)
Hand
Soane office
Notes
The chimney piece has a six inch wide frame or lining with wood panel pilasters and mantel shelf.
It is known from Soane's office records that he designed a 'cottage' at Dunton Bassett for René Payne but though executed it has not been traced. It is possible that the chimney-piece was for Sulby Lodge (about 12 miles from Dunton Bassett) for whom Soane made an executed design for a new house and unexecuted designs for additions, 1792-5 and 1824 (q.v.). The drawing is catalogued here under Dunton Bassett since that is where it appears in the Concise Catalogue (q.v.).
Jill Lever, November 2012
It is known from Soane's office records that he designed a 'cottage' at Dunton Bassett for René Payne but though executed it has not been traced. It is possible that the chimney-piece was for Sulby Lodge (about 12 miles from Dunton Bassett) for whom Soane made an executed design for a new house and unexecuted designs for additions, 1792-5 and 1824 (q.v.). The drawing is catalogued here under Dunton Bassett since that is where it appears in the Concise Catalogue (q.v.).
Jill Lever, November 2012
Level
Drawing
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