Piece, 1830–35, British, Roller-printed cotton, glazed, 84 × 25 1/4 in. (213.4 × 64.2 cm), Textiles-Printed, Probably intended for use as a window shade, this furnishing fabric presents a Gothic Revival motif of stained-glass windows replete with tracery, Tudor rose, and Campbell coat-of-arms. Although extremely popular, such repeating architectural patterns were condemned by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, who noted that 'a moment's reflection must show the extreme absurdity of repeating a perspective over a large surface with some hundred different points of sight: a panel or wall may be enriched and decorated at pleasure, but it should always be treated in a consistent manner
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