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
570 mm (W); 303 mm (W); 420 mm (Length); 280 mm (W); 700 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 1210772.3
Summary
Wallpaper Box 14 . Flock wallpaper, design of gold fleur-de-lys on cossack-green flock ground. Mid C19. c-d - 2 rolls, e-f - 2 fragments, g - 3 small fragments in poor condition. (V&A's 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