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[8] Record drawing of a carpet for the great drawing room, 1769, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/178
Purpose
[8] Record drawing of a carpet for the great drawing room, 1769, as executed
Aspect
Plan of a tripartite rectangular carpet divided by bands of diamonds containing rosettes. In the central rectangle, a lozenge contains a large oval rosette with four anthemia, all surrounded by festoons, with fans in the corners. In the flanking panels, a central tazza with festoons
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Carpet for the Drawing Room at Saltram The Seat of John Parker Esqr / exists (in pencil in a modern curatorial hand)
Signed and dated
- 1769
1769
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink and verdigris on laid paper (580 x 333)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton, with an additional inscription in pencil in a modern curatorial hand
Level
Drawing
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