Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament
Design Drawing
ca.1850 (made)
ca.1850 (made)
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Full-size design for a wallpaper with alternating pointed trefoil shapes which are filled with curving leaves and ogee stems.
Object details
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| Title | Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil with brown, green, blue, yellow and red washes and white body colour |
| Brief description | Design by Pugin |
| Physical description | Full-size design for a wallpaper with alternating pointed trefoil shapes which are filled with curving leaves and ogee stems. |
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| Object history | It does not seem certain whether this design was ever executed. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 225.
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| Accession number | D.713-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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