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[13] Alternative preliminary design for a carpet for the great room, c1767
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 8/105
Purpose
[13] Alternative preliminary design for a carpet for the great room, c1767
Aspect
Plan showing three alternative patterns for a carpet. Half is composed of guilloche and a lozenge motif border. One quarter is roll work scrolls, and a border of guilloche, and the final quarter is a large scale roll work scroll, with the same guilloche border
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1767
datable to 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (491 x 337)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Stillman, 1966, pp. 107-8
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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