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Roger Nicholson (1922-1986)<br />
Montacute<br />
1960<br />
PO4.112<br />
The title of the design, Montacute, suggests Roger<br />
Nicholson’s inspiration may have come from<br />
the façade of Montacute House, in Somerset,<br />
which features nine classical statues in arcaded<br />
niches. Although <strong>Palladio</strong> was intended for<br />
large-scale public buildings, the image right<br />
shows Montacute in a domestic setting and<br />
demonstrates that wallpaper was inextricably<br />
associated with the domestic interior.<br />
After training as a painter at the Royal College<br />
of Art in the 1940s, Nicholson went on to teach<br />
illustration and graphic art at Central Saint Martins<br />
from 1945 and became Professor of Textiles at the<br />
RCA in 1958. Nicholson worked closely with Richard<br />
and Guy Busby of Lightbown Aspinall to select<br />
designers for the <strong>Palladio</strong> ranges from 1955 to 1964.<br />
Scheme for a living room featuring Nicholson’s Montacute<br />
design, 1960s.<br />
<strong>Palladio</strong> <strong>catalogue</strong>.indd 18<br />
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