Ceiling
1600-1650 (made)
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Section from a marquetry ceiling. The surface is divided into six square panels filled in with leafy scrollwork terminating in grotesque heads and surrounded by three borders, the inner plain, the middle of wavy floral ornament and the outer of smaller square panels of leafy scrollwork, from which pairs of plain bands project from each of the four sides. The rest of the surface is covered with bands of leafy scrollwork terminating in grotesque heads.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Marquetry of various woods including rosewood, bird's eye maple, sycamore and purplewood |
| Brief description | French, Toulouse, 1600-15, marquetry |
| Physical description | Section from a marquetry ceiling. The surface is divided into six square panels filled in with leafy scrollwork terminating in grotesque heads and surrounded by three borders, the inner plain, the middle of wavy floral ornament and the outer of smaller square panels of leafy scrollwork, from which pairs of plain bands project from each of the four sides. The rest of the surface is covered with bands of leafy scrollwork terminating in grotesque heads. |
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| Gallery label | Ceiling
Marquetry of various woods
French: mid-17th century
From the Toulouse neighbourhood(1966) |
| Object history | Purchased in 1903 from G. Duseigneur, 18 rue Seguier, Paris, for 1200 francs (£47.13.6). At that time the ceiling was in three pieces and was described as 'much damaged', but it was argued in a memo dated 12 November that 'The French inlaid ceiling which dates probably from the period of Louis XIII is an excellent piece of design and would I think be a very desirable acquisition. There is no similar object in the Museum and the price is low. Very similar decoration appears in some panelling in the Palais de Justice, Dijon. See Sauvageot, Palais de France; p. 81. pl. 12,13.'. In an earlier memo (dated 23 October) it was noted that the ceiling was 'Bought in the neighbourhood of Toulouse'. Nominal File MA/1/D1997/2. |
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| Accession number | 1523-1903 |
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| Record created | April 8, 2009 |
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