Sketch design for a carpet
Design Drawing
1846 (made)
1846 (made)
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Sketch design for a carpet with two details to a larger scale. The centre of the carpet has a framework of linked 8-pointed star shapes which enclose floral and foliage motifs. Between the star shapes are wreaths of flowers and leaves. There is a narrow border with a linked framework which recalls the centre of tech carpet and is filled with similar floral and foliage motifs.
Object details
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| Title | Sketch design for a carpet |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink, green, yellow, red, blue and brown washes |
| Physical description | Sketch design for a carpet with two details to a larger scale. The centre of the carpet has a framework of linked 8-pointed star shapes which enclose floral and foliage motifs. Between the star shapes are wreaths of flowers and leaves. There is a narrow border with a linked framework which recalls the centre of tech carpet and is filled with similar floral and foliage motifs. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed: 'I think this ground / would be better / green or blue / to recall [?] the ceiling; width; brown' |
| Object history | Design for a carpet at the Houses of Parliament. This pattern was registered by Crace at the Office of Designs on 22 December 1846, apparently the first he ever registered. The statutory protection for such designs was at that time 3 years, and it is very interesting to find that Crace registered the pattern again on 14th April 1852. The pattern then registered included the initials VR in the framework, between the star shapes. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 218.
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| Accession number | D.807-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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