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[23] Design for a carpet for the music room, 1780-81
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/206
Purpose
[23] Design for a carpet for the music room, 1780-81
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular carpet with a central oval compartment, containing a lyre enclosed by a band of enclosed flowers, and festoons, flanked on either side by lunette-shaped compartments containing music trophies within wreaths, all divided by bands of guilloche enclosing rosettes, and framed by shells, bouquets, and patera
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design for a Carpet for the Music room at Cumberland House
Signed and dated
- 1780-1781
date range: 1780-1781
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a single ruled border on laid paper (442 x 594)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, and title inscription in the hand of Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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