Design for a bookcase, 1767 (1)

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  - Polton, Lasswade, Midlothian: designs for the enlargement of the house for Mrs Anne Calderwood Durham, 1788 (1)
    - Ardencaple, Helensburgh: executed and unexecuted designs for additions to the house, and the interior, and for unexecuted castle gates for Lord Frederick Campbell, 1762-74 (14)

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Design for a bookcase, 1767 (1)

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This bookcase was attributed by Bolton as being a design for Campbell's house at Combe Bank in Kent. Although it is not known if a bookcase to this design was executed, it is important to note that the frieze is identical to that for a chimneypiece designed for Ardencaple in 1762 (Adam volumes 22/72-74), and is therefore more likely to have been intended for the same room.

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