Dresser
1480-1520 (made), 1850-1880 (made)
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Carved oak credence, with iron mounts.
Five-sided in plan. The upper part consists of a cupboard, with a door in the centre carved with the sacred lamb and fitted with an iron lockplate and long hinge bands. The four side panels are carved with tracery, two also having shields of arms. Below are tracery panels with shaped lower edges. The upper part has four long supports which are joined by a board forming a shelf, below which are tracery panels.
Restored, the lower part is new but the panels appear to be original.
Five-sided in plan. The upper part consists of a cupboard, with a door in the centre carved with the sacred lamb and fitted with an iron lockplate and long hinge bands. The four side panels are carved with tracery, two also having shields of arms. Below are tracery panels with shaped lower edges. The upper part has four long supports which are joined by a board forming a shelf, below which are tracery panels.
Restored, the lower part is new but the panels appear to be original.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Carved oak |
| Brief description | Oak, c1500 Flemish or German? |
| Physical description | Carved oak credence, with iron mounts. Five-sided in plan. The upper part consists of a cupboard, with a door in the centre carved with the sacred lamb and fitted with an iron lockplate and long hinge bands. The four side panels are carved with tracery, two also having shields of arms. Below are tracery panels with shaped lower edges. The upper part has four long supports which are joined by a board forming a shelf, below which are tracery panels. Restored, the lower part is new but the panels appear to be original. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting |
| Object history | Salting bequest. Formerly (c1900?) lent to the Museum by Mr Talbot Bury (see museum neg. 1815-1900) |
| Historical context | Comparable pieces At least one oak dresser of this form exists at the Hopital Notre Dame à la Rose, Lessines, Hainaut, Belgium. Cinquantenaire Museum, Brussels For discussion of the workshop practices involved in similar furniture see A. -M. Bonenfant-Feytmans, L'adaptation du metier des menuisiers de Bruxelles a de nouvelles techniques, in Annales de la Societe royale d'Archeologie de Bruxelles, 1981 (1983?), pp. 51-68 [FWK F4553] |
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| Accession number | W.204:1-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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