[3] Design for the bedchamber floor of a house, 1787, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Kirkdale House, Galloway: variant designs for a house, stables, offices, farm range, brewhouse, bridge and cottage for Sir Samuel Hannay, 3rd Baronet, 1786-88, executed in part (43)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/39

Purpose

[3] Design for the bedchamber floor of a house, 1787, unexecuted

Aspect

Bedchamber (first) floor plan of a house, with the roofs of flanking links, terminating in pavilions. The main house comprises a series of bed chambers and dressing rooms arranged around a principal staircase, with an additional staircase to one side. The pavilions comprise two bed chambers and a dressing room, with an additional staircase each

Scale

bar scale of 5/8 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story / 1.^st Design / Bed Chamber / Dress.g room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Bed Cham.^r / Bed Chamber / Bed Cham.^r / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dress.^g room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dress.^g room with some room dimensions / (verso) no 7

Signed and dated

1787
datable to 1787

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (463x269)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

PORTAL & BRIDGES

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 20
King, Volume 2, 2001, p. 127
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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