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  • image SM Adam volume 54/1/37

Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/1/37

Purpose

[145] Preliminary design for unknown carpets, c1759-68

Aspect

Rough plan for a rectangular carpet with a central fan within a lozenge within an oval ornamented with rosettes, and with arabesques around the edges and cornucopia in the corners

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • 1759-1768
    date range: 1759-68

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 19
Harris, 2001, p. 337
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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