Heraldic Panel
ca. 1500 (made)
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Oak panel, decorated with two bands of ornament, the upper carved with two scrolling vine branches and the lower with Gothic tracery. In the centre is a crowned shield bearing three fleurs-de-lys, the royal arms of France much mutilated.
Object details
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| Brief description | Herladic panel, French, ca. 1500, carved. Ex Peyre Collection. |
| Physical description | Oak panel, decorated with two bands of ornament, the upper carved with two scrolling vine branches and the lower with Gothic tracery. In the centre is a crowned shield bearing three fleurs-de-lys, the royal arms of France much mutilated. |
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| Object history | Purchased for £4: 'wormeaten, split and portions missing'. 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. |
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| Accession number | 695-1895 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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