Panel
1550-1599 (made)
| Place of origin |
Portion of walnut panel, carved in low relief with scrolling stems bearing leaves and bunches of berries.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Walnut, carved |
| Brief description | Walnut, carved, French (Lyons), 16th century, ex-Peyre Collection |
| Physical description | Portion of walnut panel, carved in low relief with scrolling stems bearing leaves and bunches of berries. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | Bought from Emile Peyre for £12: 'wormeaten and split'. This panel was formerly in 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 V&A in 1900), bought over 300 pieces of furniture and woodwork from him, (as well as sculpture and metalwork), at a cost of £11,878. 16s. 9d. |
| Bibliographic reference | ROWE, Eleanor (ed.), French Wood Carvings from the National Museums
Second Series - sixteenth century (London. 1896), pl.XIX |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 884-1895 |
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| Record created | June 17, 2008 |
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