Owen Jones (1809-74)
Design for the interior of Osler's Gallery, Oxford St, London
1859
Pen and watercolour
Given by P.A.G. Osler
Museum no. P.29-1976

This glassware showroom was over 30 metres long. Jones also used large mirrors to create an illusion of even greater space. The geometric arrangement of star motifs in the stained-glass roof was reminiscent of Islamic architecture. The gas burners, suspended from a great height, might have been inspired by the hanging lamp system in the mosques of Istanbul.