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[4] Design for the second floor of a house, 1789, executed in part
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 41/9
Purpose
[4] Design for the second floor of a house, 1789, executed in part
Aspect
Plan of the second floor comprising a rectangular block. In the centre of the plan is a large saloon flanked by two staircases, with a proposed large drawing room to the rear containing corner apses and screens of columns. There are also four turret staircases. Rooms include a saloon, great drawing room, boudoir, bed chambers, dressing rooms and closets. The coloured washes denote the additions proposed to the building
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Second Floor of Yester House / the parts shaded black / show the alterations proposed within the House & the red parts the additions proposed to the South front (and in the hand of William Adam) the Seat of / The Marquis of Tweedale / (and in an unknown hand) Boudoir / Closet / Bed Chamber / Closet / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Great Drawing room / Saloon / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Closet / Dressg room with some room dimensions and pencil annotations. (Verso) 5 / 5 / Number two / (and in a different hand ) Yester House Marquis Tweeddle
Signed and dated
- 24/03/1789
Albemarle Street / 24th March 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including pink on laid paper (540x383)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Watermark
W with a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Index, pp. 32
King, 2001, Volume 1, pp. 188-189
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, 2001, Volume 1, pp. 188-189
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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