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Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament

Drawing
1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a stylised pineapple and six-petalled flower growing from the same stem.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWallpaper design for Houses of Parliament
Materials and techniques
Pencil and green wash on yellow-tinted paper.
Brief description
Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament with pineapple and flower motifs, A.W.N. Pugin, ca. 1850
Physical description
Design for a stylised pineapple and six-petalled flower growing from the same stem.
Dimensions
  • Height: 495mm
  • Width: 310mm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated 'A Pugin / 1850'
Object history
Identified by J.D. Crace as being for the Houses of Parliament.
Subjects depicted
Association
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 224.
Collection
Accession number
D.777-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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