Decorative grill from the Palace of Westminster
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 21 3/8 × 14 1/8 × 5/8 in. (54.3 × 35.9 × 1.6 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Brass
Culture
British, Birmingham
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 2015
Accession Number
2015.594
About the Artist
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin|John Hardman & Co. · 1812–1852
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–1852) was a British architect, designer, and theorist whose fervent advocacy for Gothic architecture transformed Victorian Britain's built environment and established the intellectual foundations of the Gothic Revival movement. Born in London to the French architect and draughtsman Auguste Charles Pugin, he showed exceptional talent from childhood, producing de...