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This silk was probably designed to hang over a door, chimneypiece or perhaps a curtain pelmet in a formal interior. It may have been a design for then transmission to plaster. The balance to the design is beautifully and each element is allowed space and it flows wonderfully from left to right. As per the manuscript label it appears to be have been one of a pair, and the label would be worthy of further research.
The Palladian style dominated British architecture for most of the 1700s, until the rise of the Adam style, which held sway for the final decades of the eighteenth century. Brothers Robert and James Adam were almost single-handedly responsible for infusing Georgian architecture with the sensibilities and elements of classical Hellenic and Latinate design. Their elegant, sophisticated form of Neoclassicism affected architecture, but also interior design, furniture design, and landscaping.
A rare Georgian delight; absolutely stunning.