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[2] Design for a house and offices, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/101
Purpose
[2] Design for a house and offices, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the first storey of a house and kitchen offices as Adam volume 37/102, but with no porch shown on the principal front, no link to the offices, and no projecting corner towers on this storey of the offices; and containing bedrooms in each building
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the one pair Story for Col. St. Paul / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Breakfast room / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Water Closet / Bed Chamber or Dressing room / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Powdering room / Bed Chamber / Dressing room and measurements given (verso) 3 / Col. St. Paul
Signed and dated
- April 1779
Adelphi / [cropped] datable to April 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (529 x 380)
Hand
Adam office hand, probably Robert Adam
Watermark
GR surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 165, 246
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 165, 246
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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