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Designs for door frames, for the staircase, the dressing room, and the japanned room, c1762-63, possibly executed (4)

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During the early 1760s new chimneypieces and doorcases were installed at Buckingham House. We know that Adam was responsible for the door between the staircase and the saloon, though it is not known if this exact design was used (Adam volume 49/7), and moreover, it is not known if these other doorcases by Adam were executed (Adam volumes 27/76 49/8 and 49/9). Prior to the introduction of a door between the staircase and saloon, access to the saloon had been via the ante room and Japanned room. Direct access to the saloon generated greater privacy for the other areas of the drawing room suite.

These door designs can be dated to c1762-63 as according to the History of the King's Works we know from a plan in the Royal Library at Windsor dated 1762 that there was no door between the staircase and the saloon at that time, but we also know that this was an addition by Adam in the early 1760s.

There are two further Adam drawings for Buckingham House held in the RIBA drawings collection.

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