[3] Design for the bedchamber floor of a house, 1790, executed to a variant design

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Glencarse House, Perth and Kinross: designs for a house for Thomas Hunter Esq, 1790, executed to a variant design (8)
    - Designs for a house, 1790, executed to a variant design (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/108

Purpose

[3] Design for the bedchamber floor of a house, 1790, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Bedchamber (second) floor plan comprising a central block with a projecting central bay and a rear three-bay bow, with roofs over the flanking wings. Rooms include bedchambers, bed rooms and closets

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of Glencarse House shewing the Roofs over the Wings / and the lead Hall over the private Entrance & Writting[sic] Closet off the Study / Bed Chamber / Closet / Bed room / Bed Chamber / Staircase / Closet / Closet / Bed Chamber / Closet / Bedroom / Closet with some room dimensions

Signed and dated

1790
datable to 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (480x230)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 15
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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