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Owen Jones, Design for an exhibition building at St Cloud
Owen Jones, Design for an exhibition building at St Cloud
Owen Jones
Design for an exhibition building at St Cloud
1860
Museum no. E.10-1937.
A few years after the Sydenham Crystal Palace was opened, Jones was asked to design its north London counterpart - the 'Palace of the People' on Muswell Hill. Facilities were to include a lecture hall, theatre and winter garden. Jones was also asked to design a similar exhibition building in St Cloud, just outside Paris. Unfortunately neither project was built.
