West Wycombe

West Wycombe

Square villa: plan of the basement floor

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, c.1747–51

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Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Square villa: plan of the basement floor

Photo courtesy of Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (All rights reserved)

Details

Country House
West Wycombe
Title(s)
Square villa: plan of the basement floor
Date
c.1747–51
Location
Unframed, drawings chest outside Library, location 240 on Dashwood list, AP 138, Witt 941/18(36)
Medium and support
Pen, ink and colour wash on paper
Dimensions
Overall height: 43.5 cm, Overall width: 27 cm
Artist
Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (1695-1766)
Catalogue Number
WW44
Inscription
  • Inscription: ‘Plan Inferieur’ and ‘Costes de la Cour’, rooms named in French; vertical scale to 60 feet

Description

The basement of the villa contains the service quarters; the structure is clearly connected by a passage or link to another building.

by Clare Hornsby

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