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Interior of Robinson College Chapel: PD.40-2002

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Interior of Robinson College Chapel

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Piper, John

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: The artist; his wife, Myfanwy Piper, by descent to Suzannah Brooks

Legal notes

Accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Measurements and weight

Height: 327 mm
Width: 535 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2002) by H.M. Government

Note

A study of the interior of the chapel of Robinson College, Cambridge, designed between 1977 and 1981. Piper did not just design the glass windows of the chapel for which he had been commissioned, but also became involved with Isi Metzstein, the project architect from the Glasgow firm of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia, in the design of all manner of furnishings as well: the wooden cross and candlesticks, the tapestries, altar-cloths and hassocks. He advised on the tiling, the font, the altar for the side chapel and the eighty stacking chairs, stained blue.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black ink
Watercolour
Bodycolour
Coloured chalks
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour, bodycolour, coloured chalks, black ink over graphite on paper

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.40-2002
Primary reference Number: 80864
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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