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  • image SM Adam volume 17/170

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/170

Purpose

[37] Preliminary design for a carpet for Lady Coventry's dressing room, 1767, as executed

Aspect

Plan of an octagonal carpet largely echoing the ceiling. There is a central octagonal panel with a rosette encircles by a fan, guilloche, swags, garlands, and vases. There is a border of key meander and arabesques

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Carpet for Lady Coventry's Dressing room

Signed and dated

  • 1767
    1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (293 x 350)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam or William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 44
Harris, 1963, Index p. 57
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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