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Design

Design Drawing
ca.1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for textiles with an eight-sided outline filled with a floral motif connected by curved stems and foliage.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign
Materials and techniques
Pencil with yellow wash
Brief description
Decorative design by A.W.N. Pugin. Pencil and wash on paper, mid 19th century.
Physical description
Design for textiles with an eight-sided outline filled with a floral motif connected by curved stems and foliage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 583mm
  • Width: 202mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed 'I believe in colours / this would be one of the / best Patterns we have got / it is quite the right thing / I should like to see a worsted damask / of it in green or red; the stems keep reversing'.
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 268.
Collection
Accession number
D.1099-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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