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  • image SM Adam volume 17/190

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/190

Purpose

[82] Record drawing for a carpet for the Etruscan dressing room, 1775

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular carpet as Adam volume 17/189

Scale

bar scale of 7/10 inch to one foot

Inscribed

Carpet for the Etruscan Dressing room at Osterly

Signed and dated

  • October 1775
    Adelphi / 11t Octr 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes including yellow ochre, black and verdigris on laid paper (507 x 398)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 25
Harris, 1963, p. 51
Harris, 2001, p. 179
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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