Attributed to Jean-Jacques Boileau (active c.1787-1851)
Design for the carpet for the Large Drawing Room (The Crimson Drawing Room), Windsor Castle c.1826
Watercolour and bodycolour with pencil | 64.7 x 47.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 931283
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Part of the design for the carpet for the Large Drawing Room, the border decorated with garlands and decorative motifs and the deep brown ground of the central areas covered with garlands, swags and circular motifs. This carpet may never have been made, since work on the apartments was halted by George IV's death in 1830.
Provenance
Purchased at Sotheby's, 15 November 1990
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Creator(s)
Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour and bodycolour with pencil
Measurements
64.7 x 47.6 cm (sheet of paper)
47.6 x 54.5 cm (backing sheet)
47.0 x 64.0 cm (sight)
50.5 x 67.5 cm (frame, external)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 31283
