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Archival description
CJA-TCH-a-44 · File · [1980-1983]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House: Ground Floor; Winter Spring rejects; Sundial rejects'

Includes:
-b&w photographs of clay head, one labelled 'Early Spring'
-colour slides of the Samuel Eliot Morison sculpture by Penelope Jencks
-pencil designs for furniture
-pencil designs on tracing paper for seating in Spring
-photocopy elevations of the Spring fireplace
-typescript list of marble colours for the Spring and Winter fireplaces on Michael Graves headed paper
-photocopy design for astrological symbols
-photocopy titled 'Jencks Fireplace: wall stencil' with colour key, and used stencils
-photocopy of Botticelli's Primavera from an unknown publication
-typescript 'Sculptural Program for Spring Fireplace'
-whiteprint by Michael Graves Architect titled 'Spring Fireplace: Terrace House', 1983, folded
-manuscript letter from [Penelope Jencks] to Charles regarding sculpture costs on the back of a photocopy letter relating to the Morison Monument
-typescript notes on Winter and Hephaestus
-photocopy from an unknown publication relating to Hephaestus
-pencil plans for terrace seating in the Architectural Library
-pencil sketch plan on tracing paper
-b&w polaroid photographs of Spring annotated in pen with numbers and attached to a piece of paper. Pencil annotations on the paper regarding the use of the photographs
-whiteprint by Michael Graves Architect titled 'Terrace House Fireplace, Mar 1982', folded. Two copies, one has the bottom corner cut out but still with the whiteprint, the other has some pencil annotations
-whiteprint by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Terrace House: Survey - Winter Chimneybreast', Nov 1981, folded. Two copies, one has a fireplace drawn on in pencil.
-pencil and pen designs for seating in the Sundial Arcade
-pencil manuscript notes titled 'Hephaestus Program'
-copy letters from Charles to Michael Graves regarding commissions for the fireplaces and possible sculptors for Spring
-colour photograph of an unidentified sculpture
-pencil sketch on tracing paper of the ceiling in Winter
-heavily annotated Ground Floor plan with alternative room arrangements and notes of problems
-sundial diagram by Mark Lennox-Boyd with covering note

Letters
CJA-TCH-a-32 · File · 1982-1984
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Letters', with a folder inside labelled 'Lansd.'. The folder includes a mix of correspondence, drawings, notes and magazine cuttings relating to the development of the house.

Includes:
-a photocopied perspective drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership with names and telephone numbers of individuals annotated
-invoice from Penguin Swimming Pools
-postcard from The Wallace Collection of Nicolas Poussin's A Dance To The Music Of Time
-invoice from Paris Ceramics
-pencil and ink drawings of furniture and doors
-photocopied page from a lamp catalogue
-letter from BBC TV
-manuscript notes of costs
-invoice from Sandell Perkins
-photocopied drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Cabinets & Kitchen', folded
-untitled whiteprint showing the rear elevation (folded)
-photocopied lettering design
-letter from David Feldman regarding the delivery of drawings
-leaflets for Temple & Crook Belgravia
-postcards from Gerald R Blomeyer in Berlin regarding a film for german television about Terry Farrell
-cartoons relating to architecture cut and photocopied from unidentified publications
-business cards for Pitt & Scott Limited, Stonetab Limited and Barratt Concrete Products
-notes of names and phone numbers
-letter from Ben Johnson regarding a potential commission to create the entrance to the house
-letter from Elizabeth Lambert regarding a potential feature for Architectural Digest
-letter from Richard Bryant proposing photography of the house
-photocopied brochure for Avery Foldaway Awning Blind
-postcard for ARCAID
-colour brochure for Turkomar fine marbles and onyx
-private view cards for Ben Johnson & Ray Kyte at Fischer Fine Art, 1981
-leaflet for Williams Roofing and Building
-colour brochure for GJ Green and Veronese: craftsmen in decorative plaster
-colour brochure for Room Moods from Delmar-nmc Limited with a compliments slip
-page from Building Design 2 July 1982 with an article on computing jargon on one side, and on the other a review of an exhibition of Warner and Sons fabric and an advertisement for clay products
-name and address on a Hotel Tivoli business card
-letter from [Allen Jones] regarding the painting commission
-letter from Mark Lennox-Boyd regarding measurements required for the sundial
-letter from House & Garden discussing proposed presentation of Charles' work
-page torn from an unidentified Italian language magazine showing pictures of lamps
-sketches of suit collars