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Design for the overdoor above the entrance into the Painted Chamber, 20 December 1823
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Reference number
SM 51/2/28
Purpose
Design for the overdoor above the entrance into the Painted Chamber, 20 December 1823
Aspect
Elevation of the overdoor above the Entrance into / the Painted Chamber; (verso) rough, unfinished design for part of an overdoor
Scale
bar scale of 8/9 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: Marble Architrave, 4½, 1½ (3 times), A, House of Lords Royal Gallery
Signed and dated
- 20 December 1823
20th Decr 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pen (verso: pencil), pricked for transfer on wove paper (431 x 344)
Hand
Soane Office
Notes
The overdoor takes a very Soanean form and is particularly highly ornamented with Greek fret volutes, panel pilasters decorated with anthemia and beading, three segemental pediments, honeysuckle and a large central roundel, possibly left open (Sawyer typescript catalogue), all carved in marble.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk