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Design for mural decoration in the drawing room of Mulberry House

Design
ca. 1930 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The drawings are by Glyn Philpot (1884-1937) and are colour sketches in pencil, watercolour and silver paint for the mural decorations carried out c.1929-30 in the drawing room of Mulberry House, 36, Smith Sq., Westminster. Each of Philpot's original sketches has been overlaid with a cut-out section from a printed copy of the architectural elevation of the room drawn by the architects Darcy Braddell and Humfrey Deane.

Mulberry House was originally built in 1912 to designs by Lutyens, some of whose drawings for the project are in the RIBA Drawings Collection. The house was altered about 1929-30 by Braddell for Lord and Lady Melchett


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for mural decoration in the drawing room of Mulberry House (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour sketch in pencil, watercolour and silver paint
Brief description
Design drawing for mural decoration in the drawing room of Mulberry House by Glyn Philpot
Physical description
Colour sketch in pencil, watercolour and silver paint, showing two windows on the left and right side of the page with a wall mural decoration featuring a bathing figure.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 334mm
  • Image width: 247mm
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support, the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the V&A and Old Possum's Practical Trust
Object history
The six drawings came with the C.S.Jagger bronze relief 'Scandal' purchased at auction: Christie's New York, 18th Dec 2007 (lot 448). Related RF. 2007/87 (parts 1&2)
Summary
The drawings are by Glyn Philpot (1884-1937) and are colour sketches in pencil, watercolour and silver paint for the mural decorations carried out c.1929-30 in the drawing room of Mulberry House, 36, Smith Sq., Westminster. Each of Philpot's original sketches has been overlaid with a cut-out section from a printed copy of the architectural elevation of the room drawn by the architects Darcy Braddell and Humfrey Deane.

Mulberry House was originally built in 1912 to designs by Lutyens, some of whose drawings for the project are in the RIBA Drawings Collection. The house was altered about 1929-30 by Braddell for Lord and Lady Melchett
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Mulberry House was altered about 1929-30 by by the architect Darcy Braddell for Lord and Lady Melchett (see Country Life, 6th June 1931)
Collection
Accession number
E.255-2008

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Record createdFebruary 14, 2008
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