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Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament

Design Drawing
1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Full-size design for a wallpaper, incorporating the badges of Richard II with a white hart ducally gorged and chained or, the arms of Edward the Confessor and the initial R set between two seed pods. The badges are connected by a decorative framework of ogee leaves and stems.

Object details

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Object type
TitleWallpaper design for Houses of Parliament
Materials and techniques
Pencil and brown and yellow washes.
Brief description
Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament
Physical description
Full-size design for a wallpaper, incorporating the badges of Richard II with a white hart ducally gorged and chained or, the arms of Edward the Confessor and the initial R set between two seed pods. The badges are connected by a decorative framework of ogee leaves and stems.
Dimensions
  • Height: 690mm
  • Width: 504mm
Subjects depicted
Association
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Bibliographic reference
Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 226.
Collection
Accession number
D.626-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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