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Design Drawing

1847 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Full-size design for a wall-paper with a floral motif of a stylised red rose and leaves, on a buff ground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil with red, green and buff washes.
Brief description
Design for wallpaper (small scale pattern), by A.W.N. Pugin. Pencil with red, green, and buff washes on paper, 1847.
Physical description
Full-size design for a wall-paper with a floral motif of a stylised red rose and leaves, on a buff ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 176mm
  • Width: 114mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed 'White' by petals of flowers.
Object history
Wallpaper design for servant's rooms in the Hosues of Parliament. This pattern was registered by Crace at the Office of Designs on 3 April 1848.
Subject depicted
Association
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 220.
Collection
Accession number
D.1158-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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