Wallpaper design for Scarisbrick Hall
Drawing
1847 (made)
1847 (made)
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Full-size design (on 2 sheets) joined based on a late 15th century Venetian velvet brocade, a symmetrical pattern with three large pineapple or pine-cone motifs set in lobed shapes joined by curving branches, and a background of smaller pomegranates, pineapples and stylised flowers and leaves. A small crown is among the motifs enclosed by the large branches.
Object details
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| Title | Wallpaper design for Scarisbrick Hall |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil with red and green washes on yellow tinted ground |
| Brief description | Wallpaper design for Scarisbrick Hall, pencil and wash drawing, A.W.N. Pugin, 1847 |
| Physical description | Full-size design (on 2 sheets) joined based on a late 15th century Venetian velvet brocade, a symmetrical pattern with three large pineapple or pine-cone motifs set in lobed shapes joined by curving branches, and a background of smaller pomegranates, pineapples and stylised flowers and leaves. A small crown is among the motifs enclosed by the large branches. |
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| Object history | For a wallpaper to be executed by J.G.Crace, and subsequently used at Scarisbrick Hall. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 234.
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| Accession number | D.769-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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