Design for textiles or wallpaper

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Artist/Maker	A.W.N. Pugin (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Designs (on 2 sheets) probably intended for either a wallpaper or chintz. Full-size design for a lion surrounded by rays placed with ogee stems and foliage on which sit a pair of birds and a single bird looking to one side and a further pair and single bird looking in the opposite direction. Part of the pattern has been pricked for transfer.

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Categories	Designs Textiles Wall Coverings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Design for textiles or wallpaper
Materials and techniques	Pencil with red, yellow, green and blue washes. Pencil Wash
Brief description	Design for wallpaper or textiles with lion and bird motifs, pencil and wash, A.W.N. Pugin, 1850
Physical description	Designs (on 2 sheets) probably intended for either a wallpaper or chintz. Full-size design for a lion surrounded by rays placed with ogee stems and foliage on which sit a pair of birds and a single bird looking to one side and a further pair and single bird looking in the opposite direction. Part of the pattern has been pricked for transfer.
Dimensions	Height: 663mm Width: 535mm
Production type	Design
Marks and inscriptions	Signed and dated in monogram 'AW Pugin / 1850'.
Subjects depicted	Lion Rays Birds Ogee Stems Foliage
Associated object	D.793-1908
Bibliographic reference	Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 275.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	D.780-1908

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O798094/design-for-textiles-or-wallpaper-drawing-awn-pugin/

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