alex partridge.some women gaining the right to vote — and to stand for parliament. as simon vaughan reports, "house of doors" was partly inspired by the paving stones of the hall itself... when you put this in a space like this, what you have is people approaching it, unsure if they've got a real person there or not, but the softness of the cloak, until you get to about level with the threshold, you do not know if there is someone that were not. ——there or not. so there is a disconcerting element that engages people a little bit more as a result. one was this painting, the little girl in the door. it was painted in 1910, they're also at the issues surrounding women's rights, access to public life, that is what really got me thinking about it. and other inspiration was the floor of westminster hall. as i started to take rubbings of the floor, you begin to see just how they are really quite mesmerizing, you got this incredible texture, you get indicators of where other people have won them down over ti