Photograph
1850-1896 (photographed)
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A photograph depicting two portions of the front of a 15th century French coffer, made from walnut wood, arranged in four compartments and carved in relief with arabesques. Between these compartments are narrow panels each filled in with a baluster-shaped stem with floral ornament.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph of a 16th century French coffer which was previously part of the collection of Emile Peyre, Great Britain, 1850s-1896 |
| Physical description | A photograph depicting two portions of the front of a 15th century French coffer, made from walnut wood, arranged in four compartments and carved in relief with arabesques. Between these compartments are narrow panels each filled in with a baluster-shaped stem with floral ornament. |
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| Object history | The object in this photograph formed part of the collection of Emile Peyre (1824-1904), a notable Parisian collector of French Medieval and Renaissance artefacts. In 1895 the South Kensington Museum (renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1900), bought over 300 pieces of furniture and woodwork (including this object) from him. |
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| Associated object | 765-1895 (Object) |
| Bibliographic reference | On a label pasted to the mount. |
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| Accession number | PH.1429-1896 |
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| Record created | June 27, 2014 |
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