Design for wallpaper in Houses of Parliament
Drawing
ca.1850 (made)
ca.1850 (made)
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Full-size design, probably for a wallpaper, with half-drop pattern in two colours of pomegranate and leaves set within the outline of a leaf shape. Below this are further leaves enclosing a quatrefoil flower and above it a further pomegranate motif.
Object details
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| Title | Design for wallpaper in Houses of Parliament |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink and two green washes. |
| Brief description | Design for wallpaper with pomegranate and leaf motifs, pencil, pen and green wash, A.W.N. Pugin, ca. 1850 |
| Physical description | Full-size design, probably for a wallpaper, with half-drop pattern in two colours of pomegranate and leaves set within the outline of a leaf shape. Below this are further leaves enclosing a quatrefoil flower and above it a further pomegranate motif. |
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| Object history | It is not certain if this design was ever executed. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Wedgwood, Alexandra. A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London : V&A, 1985
528 : catalogue number reassigned to Pugin's drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum |
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| Accession number | D.781-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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