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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/10

Purpose

[1] Design for the ground floor of a house, 1781, executed status unknown

Aspect

Ground (basement) plan of a rectangular house with a central bay to the rear containing the principal stairs with a cellar and butler's room to the front, and flanked by a housekeeper's room, maids room, kitchen, scullery, and pantry either side

Scale

to a scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Housekeeper’s / Room / Stairs / Kitchen / Maids / Room / Cellar / Scullery / Pantry / Butlers with some room and wall dimensions

Signed and dated

  • 1781
    datable to 1781

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (406x152)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

W surmounted by a cartouche with a fleur de lis above

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 1
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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