[1] Finished drawing for a house showing the ground storey, ND, unexecuted

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  - Monsieur Chambres: unexecuted designs for a terraced house, ND (4)
    - Finished drawings for a terraced house, ND, unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/52

Purpose

[1] Finished drawing for a house showing the ground storey, ND, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a five-bay L-shaped terraced house, with four windows at the front articulated by pilasters, and a carriage access road to the left-hand side, and at the rear of the house is a central door flanked by a three-bay bow to the left-hand side, and a three-bay projecting wing to the right-hand side

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan de Rez de Chambre / Plan [ _ _ _ _ _ ] Chambres (in pencil) / Basse Cour / Porte Cochere / Salle / Chambre a Manger / Cantoir(?) / Great Stairs / Office / Garde Manger / Kitchen / Scullery and measurements given

Signed and dated

1758-94
ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (288 x 468)

Hand

Adam office hand

Watermark

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 53
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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