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[147] Preliminary design for unknown carpets, c1759-68
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/1/37 verso
Purpose
[147] Preliminary design for unknown carpets, c1759-68
Aspect
Rough plan of a rectangular carpet with a central flower within a roundel of Vitruvian scroll and encircled by festoons, and with baskets and cornucopia along the edges
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1759-1761
1759-61
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (472 x 246)
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
LVG and garter cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis
Level
Drawing
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