Working drawings for the kitchen and dressers, April 1833 (2)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Office of Works
  - London: New State Paper Office, Duke Street, Westminster, 1829-34 (207)

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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.

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Drawing

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