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Design for wallpaper in Houses of Parliament

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

Full-size coloured design for a wallpaper with a fleur-de-lys with alternating blue and red grounds enclosed within an ogee border of flowers, with an outer framework of leaves. The background to the fleur-de-lys is grained.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for wallpaper in Houses of Parliament
Materials and techniques
Pencil and red, blue, yellow and green washes with white body-colour.
Physical description
Full-size coloured design for a wallpaper with a fleur-de-lys with alternating blue and red grounds enclosed within an ogee border of flowers, with an outer framework of leaves. The background to the fleur-de-lys is grained.
Dimensions
  • Height: 670mm
  • Width: 485mm
Association
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 224.
Collection
Accession number
D.723-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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