Ground Floor Plan for Torre Quatro Venti

Elihu Vedder, c. 1905

This is a drawing of a ground floor plan. The floor plan is hand-drawn on paper and depicts the layout of a building's ground floor, including various rooms and features. The drawing includes labels for different areas such as the "kitchen," "pantry," "dining-room," "library or spare bedroom," "hall," "drawing-room," and "servant bed-room." Additionally, there are annotations marking features like "going up to olives," "against hill slope," and "pine trees below." The rooms are outlined with lines, and some areas are filled in with color, indicating different zones or functions. There are arrows and additional handwritten notes providing further details about the connections between these spaces. The drawing offers a detailed insight into the architectural design and spatial layout of this particular ground floor area.
Artist
Elihu Vedder
Date
c. 1905
Type
Drawing
Medium
pen and ink and colored pencil on wove paper
Dimensions
27.4 × 21.4 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

This is a drawing of a ground floor plan. The floor plan is hand-drawn on paper and depicts the layout of a building's ground floor, including various rooms and features. The drawing includes labels for different areas such as the "kitchen," "pantry," "dining-room," "library or spare bedroom," "hall," "drawing-room," and "servant bed-room." Additionally, there are annotations marking features like "going up to olives," "against hill slope," and "pine trees below." The rooms are outlined with lines, and some areas are filled in with color, indicating different zones or functions. There are arrows and additional handwritten notes providing further details about the connections between these spaces. The drawing offers a detailed insight into the architectural design and spatial layout of this particular ground floor area.

Elihu Vedder