Design for wallpaper in the Houses of Parliament
Drawing
1850 (made)
1850 (made)
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Full-size design (on 2 sheets joined) for a wallpaper with a large pattern of pomegranates and leaves set within the outline of a leaf shape. Outside the leaf outline, further leaves and a quatrefoil flower sit in a diamond. Some alterations made pencil. Half of one whole motif has been pricked for transfer.
Object details
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| Title | Design for wallpaper in the Houses of Parliament |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and red wash. |
| Brief description | A.W.N. Pugin, wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament with pomegranate and leaf motifs, pencil and red wash, 1850 |
| Physical description | Full-size design (on 2 sheets joined) for a wallpaper with a large pattern of pomegranates and leaves set within the outline of a leaf shape. Outside the leaf outline, further leaves and a quatrefoil flower sit in a diamond. Some alterations made pencil. Half of one whole motif has been pricked for transfer. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in J.G.Crace's hand 'pattern two long' and signed and dates AW Pugin in monogram '1850'. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 222.
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| Accession number | D.791-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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