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Festoon of fruit, flowers and foliage

Relief
1866 (made)
Artist/Maker
Holmes, W M (sculptor)
Place of origin
London (made)

This is a panel relief of Caen stone carved in high relief, purchased from W. M. Holmes, presumed to be the sculptor, in England. This relief was an entry for the Society of Arts Competition for Art-Workmen in 1866. The sculptor appears to have been influenced by the naturalistic carvers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century such as Grinling Gibbons.

Holmes was a carver by trade, based in Soho, and unusually for an entrant in the Art-Workmanship Competition made this piece to his own design.


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Reliefs
Object type
Relief
TitleFestoon of fruit, flowers and foliage (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Carved caen stone
Caen Stone
Carving
Brief description
Relief, carved Caen stone, with a festoon of flowers and foliage, by W. M. Holmes, London, 1866
Physical description
Caen stone carved relief with a festoon of flowers and foliage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8cm
  • Width: 10cm
Credit line
Purchased from MR W M Holmes, presumed to be the sculptor in 1867
Object history
Historical significance: This piece was an entry for the Society of Arts Competition for Art-Workmen in 1866.
Purchased from Mr W.M. Holmes, presumed to be the sculptor, in 1867 for £5.
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Fruit
Foliage
Festoon
Summary
This is a panel relief of Caen stone carved in high relief, purchased from W. M. Holmes, presumed to be the sculptor, in England. This relief was an entry for the Society of Arts Competition for Art-Workmen in 1866. The sculptor appears to have been influenced by the naturalistic carvers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century such as Grinling Gibbons.

Holmes was a carver by trade, based in Soho, and unusually for an entrant in the Art-Workmanship Competition made this piece to his own design.
Bibliographic references
  • Graham, Clare. 'A Noble Kind of Practice: The Society of Arts Art-Workmanship Competitions, 1863-1871', in:Burlington Magazine, Vol. 135, no. 1083, pp. 411-415
  • Bilbey, Diane and Trusted, Marjorie. British Sculpture 1470 to 2000: A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. London, 2002, p. 305, cat. no. 468
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1867. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 25
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
24-1867

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Record createdOctober 15, 2004
Record URL
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