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[1] Design for the ground floor of a house, 1780, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 48/71
Purpose
[1] Design for the ground floor of a house, 1780, unexecuted
Aspect
Ground (basement) plan of a house comprising a quadrangular house with a central rear bow. Rooms include a kitchen, scullery, pantry and larder, storerooms and a housekeeper’s room
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story – / Wash houses & Laundry / Scullery / Kitchen / Wine binns / Store room / Housekeepers room / Ale & Cyder cellar / Larder / Pantry / Area / Vault / Vault / for Bottles / Coal Vault / Vault / for wood / Vault / for Wood / (in pencil) Scullery with some om dimensions / (verso) No 6 / No 6
Signed and dated
- 20/3/1780
Adelphi / 20.h March 1780 –
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (629x460)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 29
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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