Photograph
1850-1895 (made)
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Photograph of two 16th century French oak panels, carved in relief. One is decorated with a male head within a circular medallion, with floral and riband ornament above and below, and the other has a plant issuing from a vase, which rests on another plant.
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Materials and techniques | photograph |
Brief description | Photograph of two French oak panels previously in the collection of Emile Peyre, Great Britain, 1850s-1896 |
Physical description | Photograph of two 16th century French oak panels, carved in relief. One is decorated with a male head within a circular medallion, with floral and riband ornament above and below, and the other has a plant issuing from a vase, which rests on another plant. |
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Object history | The object in the photograph formed part of the collection of Emile Peyre (1824-1904), a notable Parisian collector of French Medieval and Renaissance artefacts. The panel with a male head was bought from Peyre by the V&A (formerly the South Kensington Museum) in 1895, and the panel with plants is in the collection of the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (formerly the Museum of Science and Art). |
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Associated object | 815-1895 (Object) |
Bibliographic reference | label pasted on mount of photograph |
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Accession number | PH.1163-1896 |
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Record created | June 27, 2014 |
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