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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/203

Purpose

[38] Design for a carpet for the eating room, 1780, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular carpet, divided into square and octagonal compartments by vines of ivy. The central compartment contains a rosette encircled by a fan, and with baskets of flowers in the side compartments, and enclosed rosettes in the corner compartments, and the whole has a border of lozenges enclosing rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Carpet for the private Dining room at Cumberland House / Slab / 2 Window pieces / 1 Doorpiece and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • October 1780
    Adelphi / 13 October 1780

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including olive green on laid paper (411 x 560)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with 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.

Level

Drawing

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

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