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Design

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

Full-size design for hexagonal shapes filled with floral motifs. The hexagons have linking chain-like frames around them.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign
Materials and techniques
Pencil with red, blue, green and yellow washes.
Physical description
Full-size design for hexagonal shapes filled with floral motifs. The hexagons have linking chain-like frames around them.
Dimensions
  • Height: 433mm
  • Width: 530mm
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed in J.G.Crace's hand 'Carpet done; and with colours. Signed and dated 'AW Pugin / 1850' in monogram.
Object history
Although there seems to be no documentary proof of the original building for which this pattern was intended, it was used in 1976 for the Committe Corridor in the Houses of Parliament.
Association
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 273.
Collection
Accession number
D.1086-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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