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[3] Design for the principal floor of a house, 1788, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 34/44
Purpose
[3] Design for the principal floor of a house, 1788, unexecuted
Aspect
Principal (first) floor plan of a rectangular house comprising a central staircase with an anteroom to the front and a circular breakfast room within a three-bay bow to the rear, flanked by a drawing room and dining room with central niches on the exterior, flanked by internal circular closets, with flanking quadrant links containing a library on one side, and a dressing room with three apse ends on the other, with staircases, terminating in pavilions with bedrooms and closets for the servants
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Principal Story of a new Design for William Douglass[sic] Esqr / in Galloway / Closet / Bedroom / Bedroom for / Women Servants / Water closet / Ladys Dressing room / Drawing room / Closet / Nich / Breakfast room / Staircase / Antiroom / Dining room / Nich / Closet / Library / Water Closet / Bedroom for / Men Servants / Bedroom / Bedroom (underwritten in pencil) with some room dimensions / (verso) 6
Signed and dated
- 18/4/1788
April 18 1788
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (729x497)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Watermark
J Whatman / W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 24
King, 2001, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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