[2] Design for a house showing the bedchamber (first) storey, 1770, not thought to have been executed

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  - Mr Henderson: designs for an unknown house, 1770-77 (3)
    - Preliminary design and designs for alterations to an unknown house, 1770-1777, not thought to have been executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/36

Purpose

[2] Design for a house showing the bedchamber (first) storey, 1770, not thought to have been executed

Aspect

Plan of the bedchamber (first) storey of a house, with a five-bay double pile central block containing stairs, bedchambers and a dressing room. The central block is flanked by slightly recessed wings. The left-hand wing has a blind tripartite window to the front, and on the side there is a three-bay bow. The right-hand wing is only shown in outline as Adam volume 42/35

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Bed Chamber Story of a House / for Mr Henderson (all in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Bed Chamber / Closet / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Passage / Dressing room / Landing of Stairs and measurements for each room given / (and in pencil) N 1. To be Brickd(?) up / 2. fire place / 3. qu[estion(?)] if the Top of the window be undarkend / 4 the door / 5. C Closets / 6. 6: do / 7. 7 doors to the Closets / 8 - - to be Glazd at Top / 9. Qu[estion(?)] whether the passage to be Continued / or a Glass Foor at N. 10 / 36 / 13 / this Chimney / the marble / observe this partition / _ _ _ _ _ of this cove(?) / perhaps this is wrong / b / 6 / C / C (verso) 3 / 7 (in pencil) / Number 7 / Mr. Henderson

Signed and dated

1770
datable to 1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (528 x 364)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam (underwritten in pencil)

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, p. 55
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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