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[3] Preliminary design for a carpet for the dressing room, c1766
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/1/12
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for a carpet for the dressing room, c1766
Aspect
Rough plan of a detail, showing one corner of a square carpet, with a central fan, enclosed within circular frames of enclosed foliage, anthemia, and alternating Greek crosses and octagons, with an oval medallion flanked by arabesques in the corner, and with a border of enclosed anthemia, festoons, birds, and bell flowers
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Brown / Blue [ _ _ _ _ _ ] / Brown Violet
Signed and dated
- c1766
datable to c1766
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (199 x 166)
Hand
Robert Ada
Literature
Stillman, 1966, p. 99
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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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