[3] Design for a principal floor of a house, 1789, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/83

Purpose

[3] Design for a principal floor of a house, 1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Principal (ground) floor plan of a house comprising a central range with a bowed end and flanking wings. The central range contains a large hall flanked by stairs, the rear room is circular, forming a large bow, with an external balustrade and columned balcony. The principal rooms include a dining room, drawing room and study

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Story of a house (and in the hand of William Adam) for / Thomas Gillies Esqr / (in a different hand) / Dining room / Drawing room / Study / Staircase / Hall / Staircase / Water / Closet / Butlers room / (in red pen) N. B. Mr Adam took a copy of this with him to Edinr 15 August 1789. The hall & / staircase were both in one like the last plan with some room dimensions and calculations in pencil

Signed and dated

27/05/1789
Albemarle Street / 27 May 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (476x284)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 3
King, 2001, p. 121
Further literature references in scheme notes

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