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Design for a Music Room

Architectural Design
ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Owen Jones (1809-1874) had been brought up in England during the Regency period (1811-1820), at the height of the Neo-classical revival. At that time fashionable architecture was still carried out in uniformly white stucco or stone. But while he was training to be an architect, Jones visited Turkey and Egypt. He was impressed by the merit and vigour of non-European forms of architecture. He also admired the strong, clear colours and polychrome decoration on both the interiors and the exteriors of buildings. He drew on both traditions when he made the presentation drawings for alternative schemes for this Music Room,. He combined the European classical proportions of the pre-existing structure of the room with dense colour on the walls, which was in colour harmony with the curtain treatment.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for a Music Room (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and body colour
Brief description
One of 13 designs for mural decoration by Owen Jones.
Physical description
Pen and ink and body colour drawing on paper
Dimensions
  • Height: 31cm
  • Width: 43.5cm
Styles
Credit line
Presented by J. D. Crace FSA
Subject depicted
Summary
Owen Jones (1809-1874) had been brought up in England during the Regency period (1811-1820), at the height of the Neo-classical revival. At that time fashionable architecture was still carried out in uniformly white stucco or stone. But while he was training to be an architect, Jones visited Turkey and Egypt. He was impressed by the merit and vigour of non-European forms of architecture. He also admired the strong, clear colours and polychrome decoration on both the interiors and the exteriors of buildings. He drew on both traditions when he made the presentation drawings for alternative schemes for this Music Room,. He combined the European classical proportions of the pre-existing structure of the room with dense colour on the walls, which was in colour harmony with the curtain treatment.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1912, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1913
Collection
Accession number
E.1689-1912

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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