[52] Record drawing for a carpet for the great drawing room, 1779, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Hill Street, number 31 (later 17), London, designs for a rear elevation, interiors and furniture, for Sir Abraham Hume, 1778-1780 (64)
      - Preliminary design and record drawing for a carpet for the great drawing room, 1779, possibly executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/199

Purpose

[52] Record drawing for a carpet for the great drawing room, 1779, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a tripartite carpet, as Adam volume 5/45

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 2 feet

Inscribed

Design of a Carpet (underwritten in ink) for the Great Drawing room at Sir Abraham Hume’s in Hill Street / (and in pencil) purple / green / purple / 199

Signed and dated

March 1779
17 March 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink, violet, verdigris, olive green and Indian yellow on laid paper (594 x 401)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
Harris, 1963, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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