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Design

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

Design for a textile pattern with large trefoils filled with a stylised pineapple motif and joined to each other by curving bands containing quatrefoil flowers. The spaces between the trefoils are filled with stylised thistle motifs. Full-size design with the pattern greatly elaborated, with many indications of stitches.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign
Materials and techniques
Pencil with grey and purple washes
Brief description
Design drawing by A.W.N. Pugin
Physical description
Design for a textile pattern with large trefoils filled with a stylised pineapple motif and joined to each other by curving bands containing quatrefoil flowers. The spaces between the trefoils are filled with stylised thistle motifs. Full-size design with the pattern greatly elaborated, with many indications of stitches.
Dimensions
  • Height: 532mm
  • Width: 230mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed 'look at / old stuff / for these / borders'.
Associated object
Bibliographic references
  • Robinson, J.C. The Treasury of Ornamental Art , 1857
  • Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 228.
Collection
Accession number
D.766-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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