[4] Alternative preliminary design for a carpet for the dressing room, c1766

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    - Hill Street, number 23 (now 31), London: designs for redecorating the dressing room for Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, 1766 (6)
      - Alternative preliminary designs and finished drawing for a carpet for the dressing room, c1766 (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/167

Purpose

[4] Alternative preliminary design for a carpet for the dressing room, c1766

Aspect

Plan of a square carpet, with a large central circular compartment, containing a central fan, and set within a circular frame ornamented with alternating Greek crosses and octagons, framed by rinceaux, and the carpet has a border ornamented with guilloche enclosing rosettes

Scale

3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Carpet for Mrs Montagu

Signed and dated

c1766
datable to c1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Indian red, red, and terre verte on laid paper (415 x 449)

Hand

Adam office hand

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
Stillman, 1966, p. 99
Harris, 1963, Index p. 56
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 312
Baird, 2003, p. 45
Pullins, 2008, p. 401
Aymonino, 2013, p. 32
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Paper Palaces: the Topham Collection as a source for British Neo-Classicism, The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 May - 1 November 2013

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