[14] Preliminary design for a carpet for the drawing room, 1774; it is not known if this design was executed

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    - Northumberland House, The Strand, London: designs for the drawing room and dining room for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1770-79 (24)
      - Preliminary designs for a carpet for the drawing room, 1774; it is not known if this design was executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/89

Purpose

[14] Preliminary design for a carpet for the drawing room, 1774; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Rough plan of a tripartite, rectangular carpet, divided by bands of lozenges, with a central square compartment containing a central enclosed rosette, encircled by crockets and peltoid shields, and set within a shaped, x-shape accompanied by a lozenge-shaped frame formed of drops of calyx with four oval medallions. The whole is set within a circular frame encircled by festoons, and enclosed rosettes. The central square compartment is flanked by rectangular compartments containing enclosed rosettes and calyx set within a lozenge, and within a circular cross-shaped frame with rinceaux in the corners

Scale

bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Duke of Northumberland Drawing Room

Signed and dated

25/06/1775
Adelphi June 25t 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (469 x 335)

Hand

Robert Adam

Watermark

XDCB within cartouche

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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