Design for a music room
Architectural Design
ca. 1850 (made)
ca. 1850 (made)
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Owen Jones (1809-1874) had been brought up in England during the Regency period (1811-1820), at the height of the Neo-classical revival. At that time fashionable architecture was still carried out in uniformly white stucco or stone. But while he was training to be an architect, Jones visited Turkey and Egypt. He was impressed by the merit and vigour of non-European forms of architecture. He also admired the strong, clear colours and polychrome decoration on both the interiors and the exteriors of buildings. He drew on both traditions when he made the presentation drawings for alternative schemes for this Music Room,. He combined the European classical proportions of the pre-existing structure of the room with dense colour on the walls, which was in colour harmony with the curtain treatment.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Design for a music room (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and body colour |
Brief description | One of 13 designs for mural decoration by Owen Jones. |
Physical description | Pen and ink and body colour drawing on paper |
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Credit line | Presented by J. D. Crace FSA |
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Summary | Owen Jones (1809-1874) had been brought up in England during the Regency period (1811-1820), at the height of the Neo-classical revival. At that time fashionable architecture was still carried out in uniformly white stucco or stone. But while he was training to be an architect, Jones visited Turkey and Egypt. He was impressed by the merit and vigour of non-European forms of architecture. He also admired the strong, clear colours and polychrome decoration on both the interiors and the exteriors of buildings. He drew on both traditions when he made the presentation drawings for alternative schemes for this Music Room,. He combined the European classical proportions of the pre-existing structure of the room with dense colour on the walls, which was in colour harmony with the curtain treatment. |
Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1912, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1913 |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.1698-1912 |
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Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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