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[7] Design of the mezzanine storey of a house, c1774
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/48
Purpose
[7] Design of the mezzanine storey of a house, c1774
Aspect
Elevation of a three-bay house, with the front central bay slightly projecting. At the front of the house the double-height drawing room of the first floor continues. Beyond this there is the principal staircase, an additional staircase, a conical light well and a dressing room. To the rear of the house there are two apsidal-ended bedrooms. Miss Drummond’s bedroom links to a circular dressing room, which forms the central bow at the rear. Narrow advances in the end bays contain powdering rooms with water closets
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Henry Drummond Esqr (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Plan of the Mezzanine Story of the Second Design B. / 14th (pencil) / Powdering room Water Closet / Dressing room / Powdering room / Miss Drummonds Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Drawing room continued and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1774
c1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Naples yellow and pink within a single ruled border on laid paper (259 x 461)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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