[24] Working drawing for a music table

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: 21 St James's Square: unexecuted design by Soane, June 1794; as built design by R.F.Brettingham, July 1795, earlier design by Brettingham and Soane's designs for fittings1795, 1797 for the 5th Duke of Leeds, 1794-7
    - Soane's designs for doors and a music table,1795 and 1797 (4)

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Reference number

SM 8/5/13

Purpose

[24] Working drawing for a music table

Aspect

Plans and elevation

Scale

bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

The Duke of Leeds, Blue Silk / with brass wire, Elevation of a Music table, Plan of the Top, Plan of the lower part and dimensions given

Signed and dated

Lincolns Inn Fields Aug^st: 8^th 1797

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, shaded on secretary paper (373 x 223)

Hand

The office Day Book for 8 August 1797 has the pupils Good, Jeans and Seward doing other work and it is not clear who made this drawing. Competently done perhaps by the cabinet maker?

Watermark

J Taylor

Notes

The cabinet with shelves must have been intended for the music room that in Brettingham's design was on the first floor facing St James's Square. A pair of columns, tapered and layered with fluted, winding and plain shafts helps to support the top and stands between the shelves and the cabinet doors.

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Drawing

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