A miscellany of objects from Sir John Soane's museum : consisting of paintings, architectural drawings and other curiosities from the collection of Sir John Soane / Peter Thornton and Helen Dorey ; photographs by Ole Woldbye.

Main entry:

Thornton, Peter, 1925-2007.

Title & Author:

Publication:

[London] : Laurence King, 1992.

Description:

128 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
The front hall -- The library and dining room -- The study and dressing-room -- The corridor and drawing office -- The picture room and monk's parlour -- The crypt -- The colonnade -- The dome area -- The new picture room and ante-room -- The breakfast parlour, no. 13 -- The Shakespeare recess -- The drawing-rooms -- The model room -- The facade -- Soane as a collector.

Summary:

For this book the curators have brought together 120 objects from Sir John Soane's Museum. A commentary accompanies each picture, relating the story behind the object's acquisition or arrangement.

ISBN:

1856690156 (cased)
9781856690157 (cased)
1856690296 (pbk.)
9781856690294 (pbk.)

Subject:

Soane, John, 1753-1837 Art collections Catalogs.
Soane, John, 1753-1837
Sir John Soane's Museum Catalogs.
Sir John Soane's Museum Catalogues.
Sir John Soane's Museum
Art England London Catalogs.
Art Musées Angleterre Londres Catalogues.
Art Angleterre Londres Catalogues.
Art
Art Private collections
England London
Museums
London (England)

Form/genre:

Room-by-room inventories.
Catalogs.
catalogs (documents)
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Dorey, Helen.
Soane, John, 1753-1837.
Sir John Soane's Museum.

Sir John Soane's Museum

Holdings:

Location: Library main 216091
Call No.: NA44.S676.25 S5 1992a
Status: Available

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