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Design for a panel of ceiling decoration

Design Drawing
ca.1849 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Full size design, incomplete (on 2 sheets joines), for a panel of ceiling decoration, with a central circle, which is surrounded by a rib and on which two alternative flower patterns, from which radiate eight brancehs of leaves and flowers of which only one is partially shown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for a panel of ceiling decoration
Materials and techniques
Pencil and brown wash.
Brief description
Design for a panel of ceiling decoration by A.W. N. Pugin
Physical description
Full size design, incomplete (on 2 sheets joines), for a panel of ceiling decoration, with a central circle, which is surrounded by a rib and on which two alternative flower patterns, from which radiate eight brancehs of leaves and flowers of which only one is partially shown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 970mm
  • Width: 573mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with colour notes.
Object history
Design for interior decoration of Houses of Parliament. No panels with this design now exist in the Houses of Parliament, but Pugin's correspondence with Crace (RIBAL MSS) reveals that many patterns for ceiling panels were made, and frequently alternatives were provided.
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 215.
Collection
Accession number
D.997-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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