Room designed by Robert Adam / Tapestry Room from Croome Court / 18th century (ca. 1760-69)

Room designed by Robert Adam
Tapestry Room from Croome Court
18th century (ca. 1760-69)
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Creator Name: Adam, Robert
Creator Role: Designer
Creator Dates/Places: 1728-1792
Creator Name-CRT: Room designed by Robert Adam
Creator Name: Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Creator Role: Manufacturer
Creator Name-CRT: Tapestries and furniture covers manufactured by Gobelins: Royal Manufactory
Creator Name: Wildsmith, John
Creator Role: Sculptor
Creator Dates/Places: flourished 1757-1769
Creator Name-CRT: Chimneypiece by John Wildsmith with frieze carved by Joseph Wilton
Creator Name: Wilton, Joseph
Creator Dates/Places: 1722-1803
Creator Name-CRT: Joseph Wilton
Creator Name: Blockley, Thomas
Creator Role: Maker
Creator Name-CRT: Grate basket and fender by Thomas Blockley
Creator Name: Alken, Sefferin
Creator Dates/Places: working 1744; died ca. 1783
Creator Name-CRT: Chair rails and paneling carved by Sefferin Alken
Creator Name: Ince, William
Creator Dates/Places: working ca. 1758/59-1794
Creator Name-CRT: Furniture made by William Ince and John Mayhew
Creator Name: Jacques, Maurice
Creator Dates/Places: ca. 1712-1784
Creator Name-CRT: Tapestry borders and seat covers designed by Maurice Jacques and Louis Tessier
Creator Name: Mayhew, John
Creator Dates/Places: died 1811
Creator Name-CRT: John Mayhew
Creator Name: Tessier, Louis
Creator Dates/Places: 1719/20-1781
Creator Name-CRT: Louis Tessier
Creator Name: Boucher, François
Creator Role: After a design by
Creator Dates/Places: 1703-1770
Creator Name-CRT: Tapestry medallions after designs by François Boucher
Creator Name: Neilson, Jacques
Creator Role: Factory administrator
Creator Dates/Places: 1714-1788
Creator Name-CRT: Factory administrator: Jacques Neilson
Creator Name: Soufflot, Jean-Germain
Creator Qualifier: possibly by
Creator Dates/Places: 1713-1780
Creator Name-CRT: Tapestry and seat furniture designs possibly by Jean-Germain Soufflot
Creator Name: Rose, Joseph
Creator Dates/Places: 1746-1799
Creator Name-CRT: Plaster ceiling and cornice moldings by Joseph Rose
Title: Tapestry Room from Croome Court
View: Alternate View
Creation Start Date: 1760
Creation End Date: 1769
Creation Date: 18th century (ca. 1760-69)
Object Type: Architecture
Classification Term: Woodwork
Materials and Techniques: Plaster, pine, mahogany, bronze-gilt, marble, lapis lazuli, steel, tapestry
Dimensions: 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)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 58.75.1-22
Credit Line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

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.

AMICA ID: MMA_.58.75.1-22
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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