[4] Design for the bed chamber floor of a house, 1789, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/89

Purpose

[4] Design for the bed chamber floor of a house, 1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Bed chamber (first floor) plan of a house comprising a central range with a bowed end and flanking wings containing a series of small bed chambers

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Plan of the Bed Chamber Story / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Staircase / Bed Chamber / Staircase / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber and some room dimensions

Signed and dated

30/05/1789
Albemarle Street / 30th May 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (475x280)

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

Level

Drawing

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