Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament
Design Drawing
1848 (made)
1848 (made)
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Design for a pattern containing a pineapple and cinquefoil flowers within a leaf shape. The shape is supported on a pair of ogee stems which are decorated with quatrefoil flowers and foliage. the stems enclose an elaborate fleur-de-lys, and to either side of the leaf shape are tripartite leaf motifs. One motif given to the wallpaper width. Half of the pattern has been pricked for transfer.
Object details
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| Title | Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and two green washes on green tinted paper. |
| Brief description | Design, by AWN Pugin, 19th century |
| Physical description | Design for a pattern containing a pineapple and cinquefoil flowers within a leaf shape. The shape is supported on a pair of ogee stems which are decorated with quatrefoil flowers and foliage. the stems enclose an elaborate fleur-de-lys, and to either side of the leaf shape are tripartite leaf motifs. One motif given to the wallpaper width. Half of the pattern has been pricked for transfer. |
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| Object history | This is an altered and more elaborate version of the pattern of D.756-1908 and would seem to be an example of how the purity of Pugin's designs for lost in later alterations. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 222.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.988-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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