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  • image SM Adam volume 17/209

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/209

Purpose

[14] Record drawing of a carpet for the library, c.1780

Aspect

Plan of a rectangular tripartite carpet, divided by bands of Greek key fret, with an apse on one of the long sides. The apse is delineated from the central flat by a band of enclosed rosettes and husks. The central square compartment contains a rosette encircled by anthemia enclosed within a fan, and with palmettes and calyx in each corner. The rectangular bordering compartments also have a tripartite composition with a rosette at the centre of each panel. The apse contains a semi-circular compartment with a central rosette enclosed by anthemia, and a concentric semi-circular compartment divided into five trapezoidal segments, each with a rosette, separated by panels with husks

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Sir John Ramsden / Byram. Library Carpet / yellow / yellow / yellow / yellow / d.c. / green / g. / green / yell. / green / 209

Signed and dated

  • c1780
    datable to c1780

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and coloured washes of yellow, green and blue on laid paper (445 x 585)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
Harris, 1963, p. 48
Spiers, 1979, p. 31, Index, p. 5
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 252
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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