william butterfield’s mosaics at all saints, harrow weald
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William Butterfield’s mosaics at All Saints, Harrow Weald. Butterfield’s 1890 work at All Saints: Painted ceiling panels Mosaics on the east wall of the nave. Mosaic panels on the reredos behind the altar:. The scroll motif in tiny detail, in Butterfield’s characteristic colours. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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William Butterfield’s mosaics at All Saints,
Harrow Weald
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Butterfield’s 1890 work at All Saints:
Painted ceiling panels
Mosaics on the east wall of the nave
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Mosaic panels on the reredosbehind the altar:
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The scroll motif in tiny detail, in Butterfield’s characteristic colours.
The tiles were made by the Minton factory
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Butterfield is one of the foremost Victorian architects
He is also very individual; no one else designed in a similar manner
This is one reason why All Saints is a Grade II* Listed Building
All Saints is unusual because it was one of his early churches, when it was built in 1849, and was also enlarged
and redecorated by him in 1890,near the end of his career
Butterfield’s mosaics are themselves unusual
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But there’s more…………………..
What’s under the paint on the eastwall of the sanctuary?
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During much of the 20th century Butterfield’s reputation was low and his decorative schemes
were concealed –
‘Whitewash is the instinctive suggestion, although its effect on any major Butterfield interior is
disastrous, like an organ played with half the stops missing’
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The only known photograph of the wall before it waspainted over in 1957:
It is completely covered inmosaic work, in alternatinggeometric panels and scrolls, with a great flourish at the top
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And if you look closely you can see the mosaic pieces under the flaking paint
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Careful and fully documented experiments have shown that the paint can betaken off without damaging the underlying surface
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And the motifs and colour scheme match everything else designed by Butterfield for All Saints
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Butterfield’s work in other places(spot the similarities) -
St Mary in Castro, Dover Castle (work done in 1888)
ScrollsMosaic panelsReredos
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Christleton, Chester: mosaic reredos, scroll panels on wall, polished ‘English
marble’ (Derby Fossil) steps, communion rails – Butterfield, 1876
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Butterfield mosaics:Fulham Palace Chapel, 1867
Babbacombe c1873Keble College Chapel, Oxford, 1876
St Michael, Portsmouth (demolished)Ottery St Mary, 1878West Tarring, 1885
Dover Castle, St Mary in Castro 1888
All Saints, Harrow Weald, 1890
St Mary, Dundela, Belfast, 1890Christleton reredos panel, 1893-6
Leeds reredos panel, 1893-6
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IT WILL COST £12,000 TO CLEAN THE MOSAICSON THE SANCTUARY WALL
But……
If the wall is divided into 600 parts at £20 eacheveryone can take part in the project
Every donor’s name will be recorded on a permanent plan of the wall
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LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN