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Plan L / Client profile

Design Notes
circa 1980s (made)
Artist/Maker
Juliet Interiors
Smith, Julie (designer)
Place of origin
London (designed)

Plan L, Client profile written in long hand note form on lined notepaper.

Object details

Categories
Gardens & Gardening
Manuscripts
Object type
Design notes
Titles
  • Plan L / Client profile
  • Design for a garden (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Blue ball point pen on note paper
Pen
Paper
Written
Brief description
Working notes made during the design of a garden - Plan L, Client profile written in long hand note form on lined notepaper.
Physical description
Plan L, Client profile written in long hand note form on lined notepaper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.9cm
  • Width: 14.7cm
Style
Late 20th Century
Marks and inscriptions
PLAN L / CLIENT PROFILE / Couple, 40 somethings, 2 children, 1 at / university, another about to go. / Enjoy entertaining so would like a / magically lit garden to look out on for winter / indoor dinner parties and a large outdoor / space with barbeque for the summer. / Wife has seen a tiny, overgrown amphitheatre / on Cleopatra's Island in the Aegean and would / like to exploit the sloping site to accomodate a / similar feature. Siund is particularly important / here, and tranquility. / Fragrance and atmosphere is high on the list of priorities - a formal / seated area on the way to fornt door? / Client has mentioned a love of rhododendroms / and roses. (Textual information; English; hand written; Smith, Julie)
Credit line
Given by Julie Smith
Object history
One of a series of working notes taken during the design of a garden.
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5630-2000

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Record createdNovember 27, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O63410/plan-l--client-profile-design-notes-smith-julie/
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