Detail View: The AMICA Library: Tapestry Room from Croome Court
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.58.75.1-22
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Architecture
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Creator Name:
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Adam, Robert
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Creator Role:
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Designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1728-1792
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Room designed by Robert Adam
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Creator Name:
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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
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Creator Role:
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Manufacturer
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Tapestries and furniture covers manufactured by Gobelins: Royal Manufactory
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Creator Name:
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Wildsmith, John
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor
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Creator Dates/Places:
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flourished 1757-1769
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Chimneypiece by John Wildsmith with frieze carved by Joseph Wilton
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Creator Name:
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Wilton, Joseph
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1722-1803
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Joseph Wilton
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Creator Name:
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Blockley, Thomas
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Creator Role:
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Maker
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Grate basket and fender by Thomas Blockley
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Creator Name:
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Alken, Sefferin
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Creator Role:
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Maker
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Creator Dates/Places:
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working 1744; died ca. 1783
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Chair rails and paneling carved by Sefferin Alken
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Creator Name:
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Ince, William
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Creator Role:
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Maker
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Creator Dates/Places:
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working ca. 1758/59-1794
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Furniture made by William Ince and John Mayhew
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Creator Name:
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Jacques, Maurice
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Creator Role:
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Designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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ca. 1712-1784
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Tapestry borders and seat covers designed by Maurice Jacques and Louis Tessier
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Creator Name:
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Mayhew, John
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Creator Role:
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Maker
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Creator Dates/Places:
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died 1811
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Creator Name-CRT:
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John Mayhew
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Creator Name:
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Tessier, Louis
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Creator Role:
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Designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1719/20-1781
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Louis Tessier
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Creator Name:
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Boucher, François
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Creator Role:
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After a design by
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1703-1770
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Tapestry medallions after designs by François Boucher
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Creator Name:
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Neilson, Jacques
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Creator Role:
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Factory administrator
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1714-1788
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Factory administrator: Jacques Neilson
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Creator Name:
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Soufflot, Jean-Germain
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1713-1780
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Tapestry and seat furniture designs possibly by Jean-Germain Soufflot
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Creator Name:
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Rose, Joseph
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Creator Role:
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Maker
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1746-1799
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Plaster ceiling and cornice moldings by Joseph Rose
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Title:
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Tapestry Room from Croome Court
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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18th century (ca. 1760-69)
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Creation Start Date:
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1760
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Creation End Date:
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1769
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Materials and Techniques:
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Plaster, pine, mahogany, bronze-gilt, marble, lapis lazuli, steel, tapestry
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Classification Term:
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Woodwork
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Dimensions:
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H. 27 ft. 1 in. (825.5 cm), W. 22 ft. 8 in. (690.9 cm), D. 13 ft. 10 3/4 in. (423.5 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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58.75.1-22
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
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Rights:
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Context:
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Robert Adam replaced Lancelot ('Capability') Brown as architect to the sixth earl of Coventry, whose country seat was Croome Court, near Worcester. With its ornamented wheel molding and garlanded trophies, the ceiling of the Tapestry Room, designed by Adam in 1763, is an example of his vigorous early style. The tapestries on the walls and the seating furniture were woven in the workshop of Jacques Neilson at the royal Gobelins manufactory, Paris. The medallions, after designs by François Boucher, portray scenes from classical myths symbolizing the elements. The borders were designed by Maurice Jacques. Commissioned in 1763, the tapestries were installed in 1771. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.es58.75.1-.23.R.tif
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