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Rug Design for Roman Catholic College of St Cuthbert

Design Drawing
ca.1848 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for part of a cross on a rug.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRug Design for Roman Catholic College of St Cuthbert
Materials and techniques
Pencil and pen and ink on blue notepaper
Physical description
Design for part of a cross on a rug.
Dimensions
  • Height: 140mm
  • Width: 197mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed '2 Rugs 6.0 x 3.0 for altars under screen / I Ditto 11.6 x 3.0 for high altar. These sizes may be altered a little so as to bring in the quatrefoils; to be directed / very Rev. Dr. Newham / St. Cuthberts College / Ushaw, Durham; a red ground / in the rug for / high altar.'
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 236.
Collection
Accession number
D.1040-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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