[16] Design for the carpet for the back parlour, 1776, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Town houses
  - London
    - Home House, Portman Square, number 17 (now 20), London, for the Countess of Home, 1775-78 (73)
      - Design and record drawing for the carpet for the back parlour, 1776, possibly executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/196

Purpose

[16] Design for the carpet for the back parlour, 1776, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a tripartite carpet with a central square compartment ornamented with a central rosette enclosed within a band of calyx and lozenges. Beyond this there are wreaths of husks enclosing rosettes and flora, linked with festoons. The central compartment is flanked by narrow strips containing a central panel ornamented with an urn, arabesques and swans. This is flanked by panels ornamented with corn bushels. The compartments are bordered with bands of guilloche enclosing rosettes

Scale

bar scale of 5/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Carpet for the back Parlor at Lady Home's in Portman Square

Signed and dated

Oct 1776
Adelphi / 9t Octr 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (558 x 412)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 48
Hussey and Oswald, 1934, pp. 14, 26
Harris, 1963, p. 57
Whinney, 1969, pp. 38, 61
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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