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[4] Design for a cottage, 1780, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/181
Purpose
[4] Design for a cottage, 1780, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the bedchamber (first) storey of a cottage as Adam volume 46/180, but showing the roofs of the single-storey, the apsidal ends of the front block, and the service pavilions at the rear
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Roof / Men Servants Bed room / Roof / Maid Servants Bed room / Roof / Young Gentlemans room / Lobby / Young Gentlemans room / Roof / Bed Chamber / Closet / Roof / Closet / Bed Chamber / Roof and measurements given
Signed and dated
- 11/12/1780
11t. Decr. 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and pink wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (271 x 428)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 260
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 260
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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