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[8] Design for the attic storey of a house, c1788, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/109
Purpose
[8] Design for the attic storey of a house, c1788, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Plan of the attic storey of a three-by-four-bay house, containing bedchambers and dressing rooms. There is a central light well above the principal stairs. To the rear, a space divided into two dressing rooms forms a central three-bay, canted bow in a five-bay rear front. A preliminary design (pencil) proposes a circular form for this dressing room space
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/8 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Attick Story / (and in the hand of William Adam) for the Revd Mr Rose / Bed Chamber / Dress.g room / Dress.g room / Bed Chamber / Dress.g room / Bedroom / Powdering room / Water Closet / Bedroom / Bed room and some dimensions given / (pencil) The door to be [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _] like the [_ _ _ _ ] [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _] / (pencil) Instead of a water closet there is to be a housemaids closet / faint pencil inscription upper right corner
Signed and dated
- c1788
c1788
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (345 x 236)
Hand
Possibly
Robert Adam, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Robert Adam, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 3
Rowan, 1985, p. 66
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1985, p. 66
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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