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Rust-en-Vreugde, Capetown: main entrance doorway
Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968); Fassler, John, 1910-1971; Rees Poole, Vivian Sydney (1883-1965)
Plan, elevation, section and details of the main entrance doorway of Rust-en-Vreugde in Cape Town. Measured by V.S. Rees Poole and drawn by John Fassler for prof. Geoffrey Pearse's book "Eighteenth Century Architecture in South Africa" – see page 41 for a description and Plate 34 for the drawing. The doors, topped by an elaborate fanlight, are framed by panelled teak pilasters with an entablature above.
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300DPI TIFF file scanned with Canoscan 8000f, edited using Photoshop v7. File dimensions: 1228 x 1574 pixels. Size: 5.54 MB.