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[8] Unfinished design for a carpet for the drawing room, not known to have been executed, c1786
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 17/211
Purpose
[8] Unfinished design for a carpet for the drawing room, not known to have been executed, c1786
Aspect
Plan of a carpet ornamented with a central patera enclosed within bands of beading, rosettes, and contiguous floral wreaths. Beyond this there is an urn, corner fans enclosed within a band of Vitruvian scroll, and all of this is set within a border of rosettes enclosed by lozenges
Scale
bar scale of 5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
(in pencil) Carpet Mr Hamilton Drawing room at Brighton / Carpet Mr Hamilton Drawing room at Brightstone (?) / Light Green ground / Light Yellow Ground
Signed and dated
- c1786
c1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris, pink, lemon yellow and yellow ochre on laid paper (501 x 363)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
Fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
Miele, 1998, p. 165
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Miele, 1998, p. 165
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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