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[13] Design for the walls for stairwell, 1772, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 50/63
Purpose
[13] Design for the walls for stairwell, 1772, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey wall of a stairwell, with a ground-storey staircase shown in profile, with a door at the end, and the wall ornamented with a rectangular frame ornamented with festoons and a tazza, and flanked by square frames, and the first storey has a door on the left-hand side, surmounted by a square overdoor frame, and the wall is ornamented with a large square frame, with a large rectangular frame to one side, and the second storey has a door on the left-hand side, with two rectangular frames to the side
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Section of one side of Staircase next the Hall / for Lord Bective
Signed and dated
- 24/01/1772
Janry 24t. 1772.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (279 x 488)
Hand
Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
Harris, 1973, note to pls. 15-18
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1973, note to pls. 15-18
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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