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1827 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Elevation of sideboard in the dining room. It is a tripartite design. with three four-centred arches divided by panels traceried with Perpendicular details. There is a superstructure which is similarly divided into three parts: over the centre part of the sideboard is a large mirror, framed by a projecting four-centred arch and panels decorated with tracery, and flanked my narrow arches with ogee crocketed heads backed my mirrors. Above the central arch two kneeling angels hold up the Royal Arms. The design originally extended about 35 mm. further to either side, but blank strips of paper mask these parts of the drawing. Scale given on mount.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour
Brief description
Design for furniture and fittings in the Gothic revival style, made for the dining room and gallery in the private apartments for George IV, by A.W.N. Pugin. Pen and ink and watercolour on paper, 1827.
Physical description
Elevation of sideboard in the dining room. It is a tripartite design. with three four-centred arches divided by panels traceried with Perpendicular details. There is a superstructure which is similarly divided into three parts: over the centre part of the sideboard is a large mirror, framed by a projecting four-centred arch and panels decorated with tracery, and flanked my narrow arches with ogee crocketed heads backed my mirrors. Above the central arch two kneeling angels hold up the Royal Arms. The design originally extended about 35 mm. further to either side, but blank strips of paper mask these parts of the drawing. Scale given on mount.
Dimensions
  • Height: 222mm
  • Width: 426mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on mount in Wyatville's hand 'First design for sideboard'; and in pencil in another hand
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 240.
Collection
Accession number
E.787-1970

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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