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| Title | [Fireplace designs] | |
| Collection | Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection | |
| Maker | Lethaby;William Richard; | |
| Date | c.1889 | |
| Extended Description | 5 designs for fireplaces, three coloured. | |
| Id Number Current Accession | F.67.3 | |
| Id Number Current Repository | 1252 | |
| Inscription | Verso - "WR Lethaby, 9 Hart St, Bloomsbury", "Brass rail", "Plain white or Dutch tiles", "Brass shelf iron brackets in casting", "A as grate 3.0 x 3.3", "B complete 4.10 high", "C the whole may be in iron without the brass but the brass and iron would make a nice complete thing without any painting at all. The whole a metal stove front" and "7" circled. All in pencil. | |
| Location Creation Site | London | |
| Subject | Architecture;Drawings / Sketches;Lethaby;William Richard; | |
| Measurements Dimensions | 330 x 162 ; 276 x 186 ; 355 x 193 ; 328 x 169 ; 328 x 169 mm | |
| Material | Various | |
| Notes | Some of the executed fireplaces made from these designs (some by Farmer & Brindley, Coalbrookedale Iron Company) were exhibited at the first two Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society shows. Some of these designs may have been for Stanmore Hall; Lethaby designing five fireplaces for a contract given to him by William Morris. | |
| Object Notes | Fireplace design with notes, dimensions in Lethaby's hand. Shows front elevation of blue surround with yellow border and white tiles above the mantel. Grate, candlesticks, decorative tiles. Measurements labelled A and B, left of fireplace design. Specifications and suggestions for execution of design, which was done by Coalbrookedale Iron Company (reliefs modelled by Emmaline Halse | |
| Object References | (useful information on Lethaby's fireplace designs) | |
| Relation Exhibition | W R Lethaby 1857-1931: architecture, design and education, London, Central School of Arts and Crafts | |
| Relation References | Book: Rubens;Godfrey;, William Richard Lethaby: his life and work 1857-1931, Architectural Press. 1986. Sale catalogue: Christies. 29 October 1991. Exhibition: W R Lethaby 1857-1931: architecture, design and education, Backemeyer;Sylvia;Gronbe |
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| Rights | University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection | |
| Source | Christie´s; A.B. Waters CBE | |
| Technique | Pen and ink drawings | |
| Work Type | Fine Art | |