Wallpaper
style of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (London 1812 - Ramsgate 1852)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1850 - 1860
Materials
Heavy weight high quality machine made rag paper. Grounded in pale brown distemper and block printed in metallic gold and dark green flock.
Measurements
569 mm (W); 450 mm (D)
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Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210772.1
Summary
Plan Chest, drawer 2 - Reference Sample. Flock wallpaper, design of gold fleur-de-lys on cossack-green flock ground. Mid C19. Mounted on card under acetate. Note - compare red flock background and multi-coloured fleur-de-lys at Heaton Hall, Manchester City Art Gallery. (V&A description). c. 1850-60 - Fleur de Lys, block printed on a brown ground in gold ink with dark green flock (Allyson McDermott's description).
Provenance
Campaign of Decoration: 6th Baronet. C 1830/40. Original Location: Unknown. Although similar to several design concepts by Pugin, this example is cruder and less formal . It resembles c 1852 examples from mainstream manufacturers such as Williams Coopers Boyle and Holmes and Aubert (see Allyson McDermott's report: Investigation into the use of wallpapers at Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk. April 2013 ).
Makers and roles
style of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (London 1812 - Ramsgate 1852), maker style of Williams Coopers Boyle & Co (wallpapers) , maker style of Holmes & Aubert , maker