{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O994884"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O994884/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EJ4760/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EJ4760/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2010EJ4760","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2014HF7161","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O994884/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O994884","accessionNumber":"29084A/4","objectType":"Architectural drawing (visual work)","titles":[{"title":"Design for Alhambra Court, Crystal Palace","type":"generic title"}],"summaryDescription":"Owen Jones, born 15th February 1809 in London and was an English designer, architect and writer. He was educated at the Academy Schools and after training under Lewis Vulliamy, he took his Grand Tour in 1832, travelling  to Greece, Turkey, Egypt and Spain. With the French architect Jules Goury, he carried out a detailed survey of  the Alhambra palace in Spain, 'Plans, Sections and Details of the Alhambra', which he published in 1842 to 1845. It is one of the first examples of chromolithography in Britain. \n\nJones's reputation as an architect was bolstered by  the Great Exhibition of 1851, when he designed the colourful interior decoration of the Crystal Palace. In the 1850s he advised the Department of Science and Art and designed numerous buildings, mainly using glass and iron. In his late career he designed interior decorations and patterns for wallpaper, carpets, silks and paper.","physicalDescription":"A drawing of a double arched opening supported by single columns with gold decoration with a red background.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Jones, Owen","id":"A8559"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"architectural drawing","id":"AAT54197"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"","categories":[{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"},{"text":"Architectural drawings","id":"THES274432"},{"text":"Great Exhibition","id":"THES48945"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2010EJ4760","2014HF7161"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLE","id":"THES49657"},"free":"","case":"A","shelf":"204","box":"A"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"drawings","id":"AAT33973"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1850s","earliest":"1850-01-01","latest":"1859-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"295","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"222","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Half imperial portrait mount size.","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Purchased from Robert Jackson in 1880.\r\n\r\nOwen Jones was appointed Superintendant of the Works of the Great Exhibition in 1851, and in 1852 joint Director of Decoration of the Crystal Palace. When this building was removed to Sydenham he designed the Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Alhambra Courts.\r\n\r\nThis drawing may relate to the spaces flanking the muqarnas vault in the Hall of the Abencerrages.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Design for the Alhambra Court, Crystal Palace by Owens Jones, 1850s.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Unpublished paper by Mariam Rosser-Owen delivered at the  conference Definining Owen Jones (1809-1874): Architect and Designer  for a Modern Age\r\n\ton 1-2 October, 2024 at the Sultan Nazanin Shah Conference Centre,  Worcester College, Oxford, UK"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Crystal Palace (South London)","id":"x33206"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Egyptian","id":"AAT20251"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["29084A/4"],"accessionNumberNum":"29084","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-09-05","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-30","availableToBook":false}}