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[4] Design for the parlour floor of a building, 1789, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/33
Purpose
[4] Design for the parlour floor of a building, 1789, unexecuted
Aspect
Parlour (ground) floor plan of a house, similar to SM Adam volume 1/191, with the addition of a circular entrance hall with corner apses and external staircases to the hall and common eating room. Rooms include a housekeeper's room, servant's hall, dressing rooms, Lord Findlater's room, Mr Wilson's room, and a mixture of bedrooms
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Parlor Story of Findlater Castle / Ladys / Dressg room / Gentlemans / Dressg room / Bed Chamber / Common Eating room / Valets room / & Wardrobe / Dressing room / Lord Findlaters / room / Anti room / Eating room / Back Stairs / Vestible / Back Stairs / Principal / Staircase / Closet / Mr Wilsons / room / Clerks / Bedroom / Store room / Housekeepers / room / Bedroom / Hall / Bedroom / Servants Hall / A / B / C / D with some room dimensions / (verso) no 8
Signed and dated
- 14//8/1789
Albemarle Street / datable to 14 August 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (487x297)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Watermark
PORTAL & BRIDGES
Notes
The grand staircase appears to have been directly lifted from Adam’s designs for Culzean Castle. This plan includes two eating rooms, and one room for Mr Wilson, Findlater's companion at the time.
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 13
King, 2001, p. 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, p. 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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