Panel
ca. 1530 (made)
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This panel would have originally lined a wall inside a grand house and helped insulate it from the cold and damp. It is an early example of classical ornament in England and shows a strict regard for symmetry. The vertical line running down the middle would have served as a guide for the carver. From about 1830 until 1910, all things Tudor or Elizabethan were popular in England. Once this panel had been detatched from its original setting it would have become a collector's item, with a hole drilled through the carved section, in this case, to hang it on a wall like a picture.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved oak |
| Brief description | English, 1500-50 |
| Physical description | 'Panel, carved in the centre with a flower, on either side of which are two large leafy scrolls enclosing at one end a pomegranate [surely a thistle?] and at the other a lily' - H.Clifford Smith: Catalogue of English Furniture and Woodwork, Vol I, Gothic and Early Tudor. |
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| Object history | Bought from Mr William Boswell, 48, London Street, Norwich for £2 Condition: ‘Much worn and wormeaten. It is pierced with a drilled hole.’ In four pieces which are fixed to a piece of deal Authority of purchase: The Right Hon. Sir J. E Gorsts’ on RP 17245/1902 (which contains report by Mr. Walter Crane). See also RP 83553/1902 |
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| Summary | This panel would have originally lined a wall inside a grand house and helped insulate it from the cold and damp. It is an early example of classical ornament in England and shows a strict regard for symmetry. The vertical line running down the middle would have served as a guide for the carver. From about 1830 until 1910, all things Tudor or Elizabethan were popular in England. Once this panel had been detatched from its original setting it would have become a collector's item, with a hole drilled through the carved section, in this case, to hang it on a wall like a picture. |
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| Accession number | 667-1902 |
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| Record created | November 16, 2005 |
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