Cupboard Door
1540-1560 (made)
| Place of origin |
Cupboard door of oak, carved with a scrolled shield of arms within a circular framework of plain mouldings.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | French, 1540-1560, scrolled shield of arms. Ex Peyre Collection. |
| Physical description | Cupboard door of oak, carved with a scrolled shield of arms within a circular framework of plain mouldings. |
| Dimensions | HW: 35.2x35.6cm (from file) |
| Object history | Purchased for £4: 'wormeaten and in two pieces. There are remains of a pair of hinges'. 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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 808-1895 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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