Preliminary design and record drawing for a carpet for the great dining room in an Etruscan style, presumed to have been executed, 1780 (2)

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    - Cumberland House, 86 Pall Mall, London: designs for the interior, and additions to the house for the Duke of Cumberland, August 1780 - January 1788 (69)
      - Designs for the interior decoration, including the great dining room, music room, eating room, drawing rooms and boudoir (59)

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Preliminary design and record drawing for a carpet for the great dining room in an Etruscan style, presumed to have been executed, 1780 (2)

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The great dining room was created in 1781. There is photographic evidence that the ceiling was executed (Adam volume 14/79), and as such it is presumed that the walls and chimneypiece were too. It is likely therefore that this carpet was also executed, although there is no evidence of this, and there was no sign of this interior decorative scheme in the early twentieth century when the house was demolished.

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Contents of Preliminary design and record drawing for a carpet for the great dining room in an Etruscan style, presumed to have been executed, 1780 (2)