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[24] Working drawing for a music table
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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 Augst: 8th 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.
Level
Drawing
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