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Drawing

1930s (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The architect, Robert Tumelty, drew this design for a pink fireplace with black, grooved panels as decoration. The design for the fireplace is for probably for a domestic interior. The architect was based in Didsbury, Manchester.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil and bodycolour on paper mounted on thin card
Brief description
Design for a fireplace by Robert L. Tumelty
Physical description
A pink fireplace with black, grooved panels as decoration. There is a fire burning in it. The fireplace is placed diagonally on a pale blue background. The design is on a small, rectangular sheet of paper backed with thin card, which is stuck to the back of the design.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.7cm
  • Width: 30.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '44 SPRING GARDENS / DIDSBURY 4613 / DIDBURY MANCHESTER / ROBERT L. TUMELTY / A.I.B.D. N.R.D. D.A. (MANC.) L.S.I.A. / Industrial design / Commercial design. (Signature; On a sticky label.; Printing; Printing ink)
  • 'by the manufacturer' (Textual information; Typed on paper stuck to the back of the mount.; Typescript; Ink)
Credit line
Given by Stephen Calloway
Production
44 Spring Gardens, Didsbury, Manchester
Subject depicted
Summary
The architect, Robert Tumelty, drew this design for a pink fireplace with black, grooved panels as decoration. The design for the fireplace is for probably for a domestic interior. The architect was based in Didsbury, Manchester.
Collection
Accession number
E.642-1999

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Record createdMarch 1, 2000
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