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  • image SM Adam volume 17/188

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/188

Purpose

[50] Record drawing for a carpet for the tapestry room, 1775, as executed

Aspect

Plan as Adam volume 17/187, but without enclosed rosettes in the border

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Carpet for the Tapestry room at Osterly

Signed and dated

  • July 1775
    Adelphi / 8t July 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Naples yellow and pink on laid paper (482 x 449)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, p. 51
Harris, 2001, p. 173
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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