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[2] Design for the bedchamber floor of a house, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/95
Purpose
[2] Design for the bedchamber floor of a house, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Bedchamber (first) floor plan comprising a central block with flanking links terminating in wings. The central block comprises a series of bedchambers, dressing rooms and closets with a staircase in one corner. The flanking links and wings contain bedrooms and closets with additional staircases in the links. There is a pencil sketch for a section of part of the building showing two floors with a hipped roof
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Bed Chamber Story / Servants Bedroom / Closet / Bedroom / Bed Chamber / Dress.g Closet / Staircase / Dressg / Closet / Lobby / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bedroom / Stairs / Bedroom / Closet / Closet / Closet / Closet with some room dimensions
Signed and dated
- 13/12/1791
Edin.r 13th Decembr / 1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (490X276)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson or Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson or Robert Morison
Watermark
Portal & Bridges
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 21
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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