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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/194

Purpose

[36] Record drawing for a carpet for the drawing room, 1775, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Plan of a quarter-drawn rectangular carpet as Adam volume 52/140

Scale

bar scale of 7/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Carpet for the Drawing room at Newby and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 02/12/1775
    Adelphi Decr 2nd 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including verdigris, pink and Indian red on laid paper (605 x 426)

Hand

Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
Harris, 1963, Index p. 51
Beard, 1978, p. 62
Harris, 2001, pp. 228, 357
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 263
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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