[3] Design for the first floor of a house, 1785, executed status unknown

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    - House in Edinburgh: designs for a house for Sir Ilay Campbell, 1785, executed status unknown (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/112

Purpose

[3] Design for the first floor of a house, 1785, executed status unknown

Aspect

First floor plan of a house comprising a series of rooms arranged around a central staircase, with an additional staircase to the front of the house. The rear room is within a bow. Rooms include a drawing room, ante-room or breakfast room, dressing room and two bed chambers

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the One pair Story / (and in the hand of William Adam) for Ilay Campbell Esq^r / (and in another hand) Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dress^g room / Water / Closet / Powd^g / room / Great Staircase / Drawing room / Passage / Anti room or / Breakfast room / Back stairs with some room dimensions

Signed and dated

8/06/1785
Adelphi / 8^th June 1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (298x463)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

GR surmounted by a shield crowned with the fleur de lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2001, p. 125

Level

Drawing

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