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[17] Preliminary design for a rectangular house, 1769, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/176
Purpose
[17] Preliminary design for a rectangular house, 1769, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan of a five- by five-bay house, with a central staircase, a central three-bay canted bow on the garden front, a central three-bay segmental bow on the left-hand side, a tripartite entrance into the hall on the right-hand side, and the central three bays on the principal front are recessed and behind a screen of two columns
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Bed Chamber / Sr Jas Lowther Dressing Room / Dining Room / Vestible / Drawing Room / Hall / Antichamber / Lady Marys Dressg room / Portico and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (155 x 139)
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
(19) fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 21
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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