1763 / 1771, Paris
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1763 / 1771, Paris
- Identifier
- 58.75.1–.22
- Transfer of custody
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Acquisition
- Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
- Collection
- Material
- Technique
- Damask 40%
- Tabby (silk weave) 69%
- Tabby (silk weave) 61%
- Tabby (silk weave) 57%
- Tabby (silk weave) 87%
- Tabby (silk weave) 84%
- Tabby (silk weave) 47%
- Tabby (silk weave) 49%
- Velvet 34%
- Embroidery 99%
- Embroidery 53%
- Embroidery 95%
- Embroidery 56%
- Embroidery 96%
- Embroidery 98%
- Embroidery 89%
- Embroidery 96%
- Embroidery 94%
- Embroidery 92%
- Embroidery 70%
- Embroidery 87%
- Embroidery 85%
- Embroidery 64%
- Embroidery 34%
- Embroidery 97%
- Embroidery 76%
- Embroidery 95%
- Embroidery 78%
- Embroidery 77%
- Embroidery 93%
- Embroidery 66%
- Embroidery 73%
- Embroidery 79%
- Embroidery 55%
- Embroidery 73%
- Embroidery 85%
- Embroidery 92%
- Embroidery 67%
- Embroidery 98%
- Embroidery 67%
- Embroidery 88%
- Embroidery 73%
- Embroidery 77%
- Embroidery 80%
- Embroidery 81%
- Embroidery 49%
- Embroidery 38%
- Embroidery 92%
- Embroidery 65%
- Embroidery 93%
- Embroidery 81%
- Embroidery 58%
- Embroidery 94%
- Embroidery 88%
- Damask 40%
- Depiction
- Floral motif 66%
- Floral motif 50%
- Floral motif 59%
- Floral motif 59%
- Floral motif 78%
- Floral motif 78%
- Floral motif 82%
- Floral motif 64%
- Floral motif 80%
- Floral motif 43%
- Floral motif 39%
- Floral motif 90%
- Floral motif 82%
- Floral motif 47%
- Floral motif 77%
- Floral motif 61%
- Floral motif 80%
- Floral motif 45%
- Floral motif 72%
- Floral motif 63%
- Floral motif 81%
- Floral motif 55%
- Floral motif 59%
- Floral motif 63%
- Floral motif 46%
- Floral motif 80%
- Floral motif 65%
- Floral motif 53%
- Floral motif 72%
- Floral motif 43%
- Floral motif 87%
- Vegetal motif 49%
- Vegetal motif 39%
- Vegetal motif 53%
- Vegetal motif 41%
- Vegetal motif 42%
- Vegetal motif 50%
- Vegetal motif 64%
- Vegetal motif 48%
- Vegetal motif 55%
- Vegetal motif 44%
- Vegetal motif 40%
- Vegetal motif 60%
- Vegetal motif 43%
- Vegetal motif 52%
- Vegetal motif 44%
- Geometrical motif 55%
- Geometrical motif 65%
- Geometrical motif 54%
- Geometrical motif 42%
- Geometrical motif 49%
- Geometrical motif 72%
- Geometrical motif 64%
- Geometrical motif 68%
- Geometrical motif 72%
- Geometrical motif 47%
- Floral motif 66%
- Production time
- Production place
Description
Designed in 1763, the plaster ceiling of this room, with its ornamental wheel molding and garlanded trophies, is an example of Robert Adam's vigorous early style. The same year, the sixth earl of Coventry commissioned the tapestry hangings from Jacques Neilson's workshop at the Royal Gobelins Manufactory in Paris. Portraying scenes from classical myths symbolizing the elements, the medallions are based on designs by François Boucher. The gilded frames of the seat furniture were made in London by the cabinetmakers John Mayhew and William Ince in 1769, while the tapestry covers were executed at the Gobelins factory.
