Unidentified design, seats
Design Drawing
1849 (made)
1849 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Pen and ink and pencil on paper
Object details
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| Title | Unidentified design, seats |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink over pencil, with later alterations in pencil |
| Brief description | One of 14 sheets of designs for chairs and seats; A. W. N. Pugin, 1846-1850 |
| Physical description | Pen and ink and pencil on paper |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed 'The legs / and Rails / may sometimes / be turned / instead of champered; plan of / turned rails; stuffed back; stuffing; carved back; 2 sorts of back; cane seat'; and signed and dated in monogram 'AW Pugin / 1849' |
| Object history | A surprising detail among these chairs is one with a cinquefoil shaped stuffed back. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1577-1912 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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