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Design for wallpaper in Houses of Parliament

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

Full-size design, probably for a wallpaper, with half-drop pattern in two colours of pomegranate and leaves set within the outline of a leaf shape. Below this are further leaves enclosing a quatrefoil flower and above it a further pomegranate motif.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for wallpaper in Houses of Parliament
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and two green washes.
Brief description
Design for wallpaper with pomegranate and leaf motifs, pencil, pen and green wash, A.W.N. Pugin, ca. 1850
Physical description
Full-size design, probably for a wallpaper, with half-drop pattern in two colours of pomegranate and leaves set within the outline of a leaf shape. Below this are further leaves enclosing a quatrefoil flower and above it a further pomegranate motif.
Dimensions
  • Height: 685mm
  • Width: 315mm
Object history
It is not certain if this design was ever executed.
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Wedgwood, Alexandra. A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London : V&A, 1985 528 : catalogue number reassigned to Pugin's drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Collection
Accession number
D.781-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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