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Carpet Design

third quarter 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Kingman, George (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

1 of 105 designs for carpets with flower and leaf motifs. Mounted in a volume containing 40 pages of card bound in blue cloth.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Floor Coverings
Designs
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Carpet design
Materials and techniques
Gouache and ink wash
Gouache
Ink
Wash
Watercolour Drawing
Wash Technique
Brief description
George Kingman. Design for a carpet, c.1870
Physical description
1 of 105 designs for carpets with flower and leaf motifs. Mounted in a volume containing 40 pages of card bound in blue cloth.
Dimensions
  • Height: 380mm
  • Width: 280mm
1986 dimensions are for the album containing the designs
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963
  • John Murdoch and Susan Lambert, Summary Catalogue of Textile Designs 1840-1985 in the V. & A. Museum and colour microfiche, Surrey: Emmett Microform, 1986
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.544:3-1956

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O578521/carpet-design-kingman-george/
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