Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament
Design Drawing
ca.1851 (made)
ca.1851 (made)
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Wallpaper design with two long adjacent motifs of thistle and a rose with a linking row above and below the fleur-de-lys. They are enclosed by an ogival framework of stems and leaves punctuated by the faces of lions. The rose is surrounded by a scroll, inscribed 'Nulla rosa sine spina'. Much 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 yellow, green, blue, black, pink and red washes |
| Brief description | Design for mural at Houses of Parliament, by AWN Pugin, 19th century |
| Physical description | Wallpaper design with two long adjacent motifs of thistle and a rose with a linking row above and below the fleur-de-lys. They are enclosed by an ogival framework of stems and leaves punctuated by the faces of lions. The rose is surrounded by a scroll, inscribed 'Nulla rosa sine spina'. Much of the pattern has been pricked for transfer. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed 'work to this side' and with colour notes. |
| Object history | Probably unexecuted. There are strong stylistic connections between this design and a group of 'historical' papers that were made early in 1851. Most of these papers were ultimately rejected and it seems likely that this one was too. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 227.
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| Accession number | D.624-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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