Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament
Design Drawing
ca.1851 (made)
ca.1851 (made)
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Design for wallpaper with thistle and fleur de lys motifs. The pattern has been transferred to the paper by pricking.
Object details
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| Title | Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament |
| Materials and techniques | Yellow wash, brown and two green body colours. |
| Brief description | Design drawing by A.W.N. Pugin. Gouache and wash, c. 1851. |
| Physical description | Design for wallpaper with thistle and fleur de lys motifs. The pattern has been transferred to the paper by pricking. |
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| Object history | Probably unexecuted. There are strong stylistic connections between this design and a group of 'historical' papers that were made early in 1851. Most of these papers were ultimately rejected and it seems likely that this one was too. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 227.
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| Accession number | D.735-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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