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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

Level

Drawing

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

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