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[14] Design for a carpet for the great room, c1767
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 49/53
Purpose
[14] Design for a carpet for the great room, c1767
Aspect
Plan showing two alternative patterns for a carpet. Half is composed of guilloche, with a lozenge motif border, and the other half is roll work scrolls with the same lozenge border
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Sketch of a Carpet Unknown (in the hand of William Adam)
Signed and dated
- 1767
datable to 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including verdigris, pink and red on laid paper (704 x 481)
Hand
Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Stillman, 1966, pp. 107-8
Harris, 2001, p. 58
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Harris, 2001, p. 58
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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