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  • image SM Adam volume 17/200

Reference number

SM Adam volume 17/200

Purpose

[80] Record drawing for a carpet for an unknown room, 1779; it is not known if this design was executed

Aspect

Plan of a tripartite rectangular carpet, divided by bands of rosettes enclosed within connected lozenges, and with a central square compartment containing a rosette, enclosed within a fan, a frame of guilloche, and festoons, and with a basket in each corner, and the central square is flanked by rectangular compartments with a central rosette, enclosed within two oval frames

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Carpet for _ Hesse Esqr

Signed and dated

  • 20/08/1779
    Adelphi / 20t / August 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including terre verte, violet and Indian eyllow on laid paper (591 x 423)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 34
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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