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Design drawing

Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore
Design drawing
Image: By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
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Pencil and ink designs for an oak writing table in the Gothic style, comprising from top left to bottom right: side elevation showing the trestle-tie and stretcher joined by a vertical central rail and two ogee-curved struts; end elevation, showing one of the testles; a ruled 5-foot scale; full-scale drawing of the roundel carved with a cinquefoil flower for the trestle-tie and trestles; full-scale drawing of the MB monogram for the trestles, pricked for transfer.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 26342

Creation/Production

Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore
Role: Designer
Place: London, England
Period: 1849

Measurements

Width (cm): 49.3
Height (cm): 30.5
Width (in): 19
Height (in): 12

Material

Pencil and ink
Paper

Location

In store - verified by C STEAD
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