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[7] Rough preliminary design of a carpet for the great drawing room, 1769
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/99
Purpose
[7] Rough preliminary design of a carpet for the great drawing room, 1769
Aspect
Plan of a tripartite rectangular carpet divided on one side by bands of diamonds, on two others by bands containing a tazza flanked by winged creatures. In the central rectangle, a lozenge contains a large oval rosette with four anthemia, all surrounded by festoons, with fans in the corners. In a side panel, a figure flanked by arabesques
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Carpet for Mr Parkers Drawing Room / Carpet / Mr Fermors Eating Room and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1769
datable to 1769
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (560 x 415)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 27
Beard, 1978, pp. 13, 47
For full literature references see scheme notes.
Beard, 1978, pp. 13, 47
For full literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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