Design for textiles or wallpaper

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

Design (on 4 sheets) for a wallpaper or chintz). Full-size design of the pattern in D.794-1908 drawn to the same scale as D.782-1908 and using the colouring marked as 'new' in D.794-1908. The centre of the pine cone motif is drawn again in pencil.

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Categories	Designs Textiles Wall Coverings Drawings
Object type	Design drawing
Title	Design for textiles or wallpaper
Materials and techniques	Pencil with red, yellow, green, blue and grey washes. Pencil Wash Drawing
Brief description	A.W.N. Pugin, Design for textiles or wallpaper identified by J.D. Crace as being intended for the Palace of Westminster
Physical description	Design (on 4 sheets) for a wallpaper or chintz). Full-size design of the pattern in D.794-1908 drawn to the same scale as D.782-1908 and using the colouring marked as 'new' in D.794-1908. The centre of the pine cone motif is drawn again in pencil.
Dimensions	Height: 890mm Width: 590mm
Production type	Design
Marks and inscriptions	Inscribed (beside the pencil drawing of the centre of the pine cone motif) 'This is the / way it should be filled up / the scales - lighter / and open to the edge'; with two colours and, in another hand, '21 inches Paper'.
Object history	This design is amongst those apparently identified by J.D. Crace as being intended for the Palace of Westminster though there is no positive evidence of this. It is not known if this pattern was ever executed.
Subjects depicted	Greyhound Ogee Stems Birds Pine Cones
Associated objects	D.794-1908 D.782-1908 D.728-1908
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.714-1908

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O798140/design-for-textiles-or-wallpaper-design-drawing-awn-pugin/

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