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Working drawings for the kitchen and dressers, April 1833 (2)
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Reference number
SM (157) 82/2/47 (158) 82/2/46
Purpose
Working drawings for the kitchen and dressers, April 1833 (2)
Aspect
157 Plan with two elevations and sections through dressers
158 Elevation and Section / of Kitchen Dresser; (verso) Elevation of Press (scratched out) and Section
Scale
(158) bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
157 labelled (in Soane's hand): A, (pencil) 2.3, (pencil) 7.3, B, (pencil) 2.4, (pencil) 8.0½, Elevation of Dresser &c A, (pencil) Fixed, (pencil) equal (3 times), Section of / Dresser &c / A, Elevation of Dresser B, Section of the / Dresser B
158 as above, labelled: 8.0, 1¼, 8'', 1¼, 1½, 3'0'', 2'4''; (verso, pencil) The Shelves in the / Commissioners Room, 1'6''
Signed and dated
- April 1833
(157) April 13 1833
Medium and dimensions
(157) Pen, grey and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on thin wove paper with four fold marks (472 x 667) (158) pen and yellow wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper (232 x 517)
Hand
(156, 157) ?contractor
Watermark
(157) JPW (158) 1828
Notes
The dressers in the kitchen, labelled 'A' and 'B' on drawing 157, are 7 feet 3 inches and 8 feet wide respectively. Drawing 157 also shows a sink beneath one of the windows, next to dresser 'B'. Drawing 158 shows a variant design for dresser 'B' with two compartments and four drawers and, on its verso, an elevation and section through the shelving in the Commissioner's room, although the elevation has been scratched out from the paper.
Level
Drawing
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