Proposal for rug for Moscow Embassy
Design Drawing
1998 (made)
1998 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The rug design is in the top right hand corner of the sheet, a vertical rectangle, laterally divided into two. Each half contains an contrasting-coloured oval, the colours are yellow, orange, red and deep aubergine. Below the flat pattern design are four coloured wool samples which are handspun for a flatweave tapestry. The sheet is folded in half with the fold on the left edge and with holes from where it has been torn from a sketchbook on the underside right edge.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Proposal for rug for Moscow Embassy (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and bodycolour with four hand dyed, handspun wool samples attached |
| Brief description | Design drawing for a rug by Christopher Farr, proposal for the Russian Embassy, pencil and gouache with handspun woven wool samples, London, 1998. |
| Physical description | The rug design is in the top right hand corner of the sheet, a vertical rectangle, laterally divided into two. Each half contains an contrasting-coloured oval, the colours are yellow, orange, red and deep aubergine. Below the flat pattern design are four coloured wool samples which are handspun for a flatweave tapestry. The sheet is folded in half with the fold on the left edge and with holes from where it has been torn from a sketchbook on the underside right edge. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Design |
| Marks and inscriptions | Signed:
Christopher Farr (with copyright C); and dated July 1998; with dimensions 2.50m x 180m; and Proposal for Moscow Embassy Flatweave handspun wool; and price: £2850 ex fixings. Each of the four samples are numbered in sequence: 35, 41, 28, 33 (Signature and Retailer's identification; Farr, Christopher) |
| Credit line | Given by Christopher Farr |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1500-2000 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2004 |
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