Architectural Drawing
18th century (made)
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Measured drawings of an elevation of a door surround, side elevation of the bracket and a plan of the underside of the mutuled cornice by leading architect and designer Sir William Chambers (1723-1796). On the verso, a scale drawing of a Composite entablature which appears to be a sketch for cat.591, from which it varies slightly. The sheet has been made up from three fragments.
Chambers moved to London in 1755 and published his influential Treatise on Civil Architecture in 1759. Chambers demonstrated the breadth of his style in buildings such as Gower (later Carrington) House and Melbourne House, London, in such country houses as Duddingston, Scotland, and in the garden architecture he designed for Wilton House, Wiltshire, and at Kew Gardens. He became head of government building in 1782, and in this capacity built Somerset House, London.
Chambers moved to London in 1755 and published his influential Treatise on Civil Architecture in 1759. Chambers demonstrated the breadth of his style in buildings such as Gower (later Carrington) House and Melbourne House, London, in such country houses as Duddingston, Scotland, and in the garden architecture he designed for Wilton House, Wiltshire, and at Kew Gardens. He became head of government building in 1782, and in this capacity built Somerset House, London.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink with pencil |
| Brief description | Measured drawings of an elevation of a door surround, side elevation of the bracket and a plan of the underside of the mutuled cornice, 18th century, by Sir William Chambers (1723-1796). |
| Physical description | Measured drawings of an elevation of a door surround, side elevation of the bracket and a plan of the underside of the mutuled cornice. On the verso, a scale drawing of a Composite entablature which appears to be a sketch for cat.591, from which it varies slightly. The sheet has been made up from three fragments. |
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| Production type | Design |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Watermark: VDL, close to Churchill 1935, 406.) |
| Object history | Bought from Parsons |
| Production | Attribution note: Large areas of the original sheet are still missing, and have been replaced with Japanese paper. When cat.546 was engraved in simplified form in the Treatise the window was described as being in the ‘Salon’ and designed by Sangallo. See also cats.294-296. |
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| Summary | Measured drawings of an elevation of a door surround, side elevation of the bracket and a plan of the underside of the mutuled cornice by leading architect and designer Sir William Chambers (1723-1796). On the verso, a scale drawing of a Composite entablature which appears to be a sketch for cat.591, from which it varies slightly. The sheet has been made up from three fragments. Chambers moved to London in 1755 and published his influential Treatise on Civil Architecture in 1759. Chambers demonstrated the breadth of his style in buildings such as Gower (later Carrington) House and Melbourne House, London, in such country houses as Duddingston, Scotland, and in the garden architecture he designed for Wilton House, Wiltshire, and at Kew Gardens. He became head of government building in 1782, and in this capacity built Somerset House, London. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Snodin, Michael. Sir William Chambers London: V&A Publications, 1996. ISBN: 1851771824 |
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| Accession number | 7074:9 |
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| Record created | June 18, 2009 |
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