[26] Design for a carpet for the drawing room, 1778, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Mistley Hall and Village, Essex, for the Rt. Hon. Richard Rigby, c1774-82 (34)
    - Preliminary design and design for a carpet for the drawing room, c1778, possibly executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/198

Purpose

[26] Design for a carpet for the drawing room, 1778, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a carpet as SM Adam volume 5/43

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 2 feet

Inscribed

Design of a Carpet for the Drawing room at Mistley- / 36 / (modern curatorial hand, pencil) 198

Signed and dated

Sept 1778
1.st Sep. 1778-

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink, violet and verdigris on laid paper (574 x 441)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 22
Harris, 1963, p. 50
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 29, 249, pl. 357
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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