Panel
1500-1550 (made)
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Walnut panel. Carved with a crowned shield bearing a dolphin, the badge of the Dauphin of France. The shiled rests on a vase-shaped ornament, from which issue floral scrolls terminating in grotesque masks. Above the shileds are leafy scrolls.
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Brief description | French 1500-50. Ex Peyre Collection. |
Physical description | Walnut panel. Carved with a crowned shield bearing a dolphin, the badge of the Dauphin of France. The shiled rests on a vase-shaped ornament, from which issue floral scrolls terminating in grotesque masks. Above the shileds are leafy scrolls. |
Dimensions | HW: 50.8x22.2cm (from file) |
Object history | Purchased for £4 6s 8d: 'wormeaten, and a portion of the bottom edge missing. It has been painted black'. 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 | 787-1895 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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