Lot 152
A.W.N. PUGIN (1812-1852) FOR JOHN HARDMAN & CO.
CAST BRASS GRILLE, CIRCA 1850
Auction: 16 April 2014 at 12:00 BST
£425
Description
cast and pierced with Gothic tracery and foliate motifs
Dimensions
53cm high x 25cm wide
Footnote
Literature: Riding, Christine and Jacqueline 'Palace of Westminster', pub. London 2000, page 125 for similar example.
Note: These grilles were designed by Pugin to protect the glass on the doors of the new Palace of Westminster, for which he designed the interiors from 1844.