Not currently on display at the V&A

Carving

1400-1600 (made)

1400-1600, wood, Pugin Palace of Westminster Coll.


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Brief description
1400-1600, wood, Pugin Palace of Westminster Coll.
Object history
One of 96 pieces of Gothic architectural decoration, chiefly of oak, consisting of panels, friezes, pilasters, etc., museum numbers 8129-1863 to 8244-1863, average dimensions 20" x 12". English, Flemish, etc., 15th and 16th centuries.
Transferred to South Kensington Museum from Office of Works (RF 52/1567)
These pieces were collected by Pugin and used as models by the Thames Bank Workshops for the construction of the new Palace of Westminster.

Recorded in an undated (possibly c.1863, with later annotations) departmental list as:

'Oak panel. English; late 15th cent.y
H. 17 1/2 in., W. 13 in.
Carved with an ogee arch enriched with a leafy finial and crockets, containing a circular compartment and tracery; the rest of the space is also decorated with mullions and tracery.
[2370]
[location] Bath School of Art, S.K.
Slightly cracked.'
Collection
Accession number
8222-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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