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Design for wallpaper in Houses of Parliament

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

Full-size incomplete sketch design for a wallpaper with alternating pointed trefoil shapes which are filled with curving leaves and ogee stems.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for wallpaper in Houses of Parliament
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Physical description
Full-size incomplete sketch design for a wallpaper with alternating pointed trefoil shapes which are filled with curving leaves and ogee stems.
Dimensions
  • Height: 566mm
  • Width: 235mm
Object history
It does not seem certain that this design was ever executed.
Subject depicted
Association
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 225.
Collection
Accession number
D.976-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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