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Somerset House, Strand, London: half-elevation of a chimneypiece overmantel with single columns and an open scrolled pediment

RIBA22786
Jones, Inigo (1573-1652)
NOTES: This drawing (by an unidentified 17th century artist) is either copied from Inigo Jones's rendering of a French design or from the chimneypiece in situ.

Somerset House, Strand, London: half-elevation of a fireplace and overmantel

RIBA22787
Jones, Inigo (1573-1652)
NOTES: This drawing (by an unidentified 17th century artist) is either copied from Inigo Jones's rendering of a French design or from the chimneypiece in situ.

Somerset House, Strand, London: half-elevation of a chimneypiece overmantel with paired columns and an open scrolled pediment

RIBA22788
Jones, Inigo (1573-1652)
NOTES: This drawing (by an unidentified 17th century artist) is either copied from Inigo Jones's rendering of a French design or from the chimneypiece in situ.

Somerset House, Strand, London: design for the installation of an old chimneypiece in the cross gallery with a newly-designed overmantel

RIBA22801
Colt, Maximilian (d. after 1644)
NOTES: According to the works accounts the cross gallery, formed in around 1612, was remodelled by Jones in 1636. The old chimneypiece was replaced by one to the above design, but incorporating the lower part with the waisted pilasters from the old fireplace carved and designed by Maximilan Colt.

Oatlands Palace, Surrey: design for a chimneypiece and overmantel

RIBA22811
Jones, Inigo (1573-1652)
NOTES: Inigo Jones was initially commissioned to design ornamental features for Oatlands Palace by Queen Anne of Denmark and later by her successor, Queen Henrietta Maria.

Designs for an overmantel, ascribed to Wilton House, Wiltshire: two half-elevations

RIBA22815
Jones, Inigo (1573-1652)
NOTES: This sheet of three overmantel designs (two on recto and one on verso) incorporates, in two instances, the coronet of an earl. Stylistically they could have been intended for Wilton. (See also RIBA126199)

Design for a chimneypiece proposed for a royal patron, the frieze incorporating the monogram 'RM': half elevation

RIBA22855
Jones, Inigo (1573-1652)
NOTES: The monogram incorporated into this design may relate to Queen Henrietta Maria, although this usually appears as 'RHM'. The drawing probably dates from the 1630s or 1640s.

Design for a frieze featuring putti and a cartouche

RIBA22859
Jones, Inigo (1573-1652)
NOTES: This design may have been intended for the termination of an overmantel or for the decoration of a ceiling cove.
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