Thomas Jefferson Papers

Notes from James Dinsmore on Architectural Ornaments, [before 16 October 1805]

Notes from James Dinsmore on Architectural Ornaments

[before 16 Oct. 1805]

frize board of Chamber Chimney Cap length 4. f 11½ I

breadth 7½ I. the ornaments to be the Same as in the frize of the Entablature, viz. for an Inonic dentile Cornice

bespoke of capt Andrews Oct. 16. 05.

Plinths for Parlour fire place } bespoke of mr Blagden. Oct. 16. 05
length 8½ I.
breadth 9⅛ I.
thickness 3. I.

MS (MHi: Coolidge Collection); in Dinsmore’s hand; brace added by TJ; notes added by TJ shown in italics; Nichols, Architectural Drawings description begins Frederick Doveton Nichols, Thomas Jefferson’s Architectural Drawings, Compiled and with Commentary and a Check List, Charlottesville, Va., 1978 description ends , No. 147v.

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    Notes from James Dinsmore on Architectural Ornaments, [before 16 October 1805]
    Author
    Dinsmore, James
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    16 October 1805

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    “Notes from James Dinsmore on Architectural Ornaments, [before 16 October 1805],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-47-02-0439. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 47, 6 July to 19 November 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023, p. 465.]

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