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Thomas Moore's Moorfields manufactory: knotted carpets for Robert Adam (Osterley)

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Made by: Thomas Moore
Date: c. 1757–1770s
Place: Moorfields, London
Themes: Woven carpet

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“Thomas Moore’s Moorfields manufactory: knotted carpets for Robert Adam (Osterley).” Research note. collections.soane.org/ARC4174.

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Hand-knotted context. Moore shared the 1757 Society of Arts premium (see rsa-carpet-premiums-1757-59). The Soane Museum says the Osterley drawing-room carpet was 'executed in accordance with Adam's design by Thomas Moore of Moorfields' and survives in place; the National Trust calls it a 'hand tufted pile carpet' (its wording). Christie's: Moore made silk stockings before knotted carpets, his success owed much to Adam, and his and Whitty's were the only two workshops to survive past the mid-century. Germain Havard came from Moore's works to Scotland in 1759 (Habib). The Met's Lansdowne-room carpet shares an Adam design with V&A and Philadelphia examples, attributed to 'Axminster or Moorfields'. Sources: https://collections.soane.org/ARC4174 · https://sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/arts-of-europe-2/lot.384.html · https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/inde/anderson/chap3.htm · https://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/psas/article/view/9541 Research note (Oct 2026): from search results; pages not opened.