[50] Unfinished design for a carpet for the second drawing room, 1773, possibly executed

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    - St James's Square, number 20, London, designs for a house and interiors for Watkin Williams-Wynn, c1772-1777 (99)
      - Unfinished designs and a record drawing for a carpet for the second drawing room, 1773, possibly executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/181

Purpose

[50] Unfinished design for a carpet for the second drawing room, 1773, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a carpet for a rectangular, apsidal-ended room. The central section is ornamented with rosettes set within circular fans embellished with acorns, and by compartments containing rosettes surrounded by acanthus leaves, and this is set within lozenges and wreaths surrounded by anthemia. The compartments are separated by panels containing flora set within ovals, and these are flanked by arabesques and rosettes. The apsidal ends are ornamented with a part-patera, set within a fan embellished with acorns, and this is bordered by calyx supporting anthemia set within semi-circular-headed bands

Scale

bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Carpet for the Second Drawing Room / at Sir Watkin Wynn’s in S.t James’s Square / Part of the floor of the Room where the Chairs & Sopha’s are placed- / 19 / 181 (pencil)

Signed and dated

August 1773
Adelphi August 24.t 1773.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including olive green, pink, Indian red, Indian yellow and Payne’s grey on laid paper (578 x 426)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 50
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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