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Tapestry Room from Croome Court
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Plaster pine mahogany bronze-gilt marble lapis lazuli steel; wool and silk (22-24 warps per inch 9-10 per centimeter)
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1958
Room after a design by Robert Adam (Designer)
Tapestries and furniture covers manufactured by Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (Manufacturer)
Low-warp workshop of Jacques Neilson (Workshop director)
Tapestry general conception by Jacques Germain Soufflot (Designer)
Tapestry medallions after designs by François Boucher (Designer)
Furniture and curtain cornices made by William Ince (Maker)
and John Mayhew (Maker)
for the firm Ince and Mayhew (Maker)
Tapestry alentours and seat covers designed by Maurice Jacques (Designer)
and Louis Tessier (Designer)
Chair rails and paneling carved by Sefferin Alken (Maker)
Plaster ceiling and cornice moldings by Joseph Rose (Maker)
Chimneypiece by John Wildsmith (Maker)
with frieze carved by Joseph Wilton (Maker)
Grate basket and fender by Thomas Blockley (Maker)
Doors by John Hobcraft (Maker)
Marquery commode made by Peter Langlois (Maker)
Title: Tapestry Room from Croome Court
Description:
Plaster pine mahogany bronze-gilt marble lapis lazuli steel; wool and silk (22-24 warps per inch 9-10 per centimeter).
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