Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament

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Full-size design for a pattern containing a pineapple and cinquefoil flowers within a leaf shape. The shape is supported on a pair of ogee stems which are decorated with quatrefoil flowers and foliage. The stems enclose an elaborate fleur-de-lys, and to either side of the leaf shape are tripartate leaf motifs. One and a half motifs given to the wallpaper width.

Victoria and Albert Museum

London

Title

Wallpaper design for Houses of Parliament

Date

1848

Medium

pencil

Measurements

H 60 x W 52.2 cm

Accession number

D.756-1908

Acquisition method

Given by J. D. Crace FSA

Work type

Watercolour

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