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Reference number
SM volume 42/7
Purpose
Designs for two chimney-pieces and frames
Aspect
Upper elevation has a bay-leaf festoon with crossed ribbon hung between roundels decorating the frieze and alternatively a panel pilaster, and a leaf drop decorating the jambs; the incompletely drawn overmantel frame has panelled pilasters. Lower elevation has a leaf and ribbon festoon to the frieze above a moulded architrave; the sketchy overmantel frame has coin mouldings
Scale
to a scale
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen, pencil, on laid paper with three fold marks (395 x 194)
Hand
unidentified
Verso
Slight drawings including a chimneypiece (drawing pasted at corners)
Watermark
J Whatman
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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