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[4] Design for the second floor of a house, 1785, executed status unknown
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/113
Purpose
[4] Design for the second floor of a house, 1785, executed status unknown
Aspect
Second floor plan of a house comprising a series of bed chambers, closets and dressing rooms with a small staircase to the front of the house. The rear central bed chamber is within a bow and there is a sky light between the two closets
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the two pair Story (and in the hand of William Adam) of a house for / Ilay Campbell Lord Advocate of Scotland / (and in another hand) Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Water Closet / Closet / Closet / Passage / Bed Chamber / Passage / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Back stairs / (in pencil) 2 pair with some room dimensions
Signed and dated
- 8/6/1785
Adelphi / 8th June 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (282x464)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
WT
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2001, p. 125
King, 2001, p. 125
Level
Drawing
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