Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament
Design Drawing
1851 (made)
1851 (made)
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Full-size design for wallpaper, incorporating the badges of Richard II with a white hart ducally gorged and chained or, the arms of Edward the Confessor and the initial R set between two seed pods. The badges are connected by a decorative framework of ogee stems and leaves.
Object details
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| Title | Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil with yellow wash and two green body colours |
| Brief description | Design drawing by A.W.N. Pugin |
| Physical description | Full-size design for wallpaper, incorporating the badges of Richard II with a white hart ducally gorged and chained or, the arms of Edward the Confessor and the initial R set between two seed pods. The badges are connected by a decorative framework of ogee stems and leaves. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 226.
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| Accession number | D.757-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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