Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is a drawing by Owen Jones. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. This drawing comprises three sketches for the interior design of a room.
About this work
Overview
This drawing comprises three sketches for the interior design of a room. The sketches depict various elements, including walls, ceilings, and decorative features.
Subject & Meaning
The drawings are labelled 'Livery Drawing Room', indicating they were designs for a specific room in a building. The designs feature ornate details, including floral motifs, panels, and cornices.
Technique & Style
The sketches display a range of decorative elements, from geometric patterns to floral motifs, suggesting a style characterized by ornateness and attention to detail.
Context
The drawings likely relate to the design of an interior space in a building, possibly of historical or architectural significance.
Artist & collection
Artist
English architect and designer Owen Jones spent the 1830s in Egypt and later sketched its temples in crisp watercolours.
Great Temple. Karnac. Thebes
Landing Place. Philoe
Tombs near Cairo
Tomb near Cairo
Osler's Gallery, Oxford Street, London
Architectural drawing of an entrance pylon to an Egyptian temple
Temple of Luqsor B.C.1490 Lateral Column Temple of Karnak B.C.1490
Temple of Ramses the Great B.C.1420. Temple of Sedingar B.C.1490
Ceiling of a drawing room at Rowfant, Crawley
Design for Ornamental Ceiling
Elevations of the interior wall of Combe Bank
Drawing of a door, John Frederick Lewis house in Cairo
Elevations of the interior walls and a plan of the ceiling of the Parlour
Drawing room at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton
'Panells of Drawing room'
Drawing showing the interior decoration of houses in Cairo
Ground Plan of the Church of Saint John the Baptist
Pietra-dura inlay work on the side of the cenotaph of Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal, Agra.
Elevations of the interior walls of the Hall, Combe Bank.
Alexandria: Loggia in Wood