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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ironwork, Room 114e

Screen

1500-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A screen of embossed and painted wrought iron, decorated with grotesque ornament. One panel depicting a fantastical beast in floriated surround, at one side a knight with a sword and a scroll.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Panel
  • Panel
  • Panel
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron, embossed and painted
Brief description
Decorative Screen, embossed and painted wrought iron with grotesque ornament and figures, made in Spain, 1500-1600
Physical description
A screen of embossed and painted wrought iron, decorated with grotesque ornament. One panel depicting a fantastical beast in floriated surround, at one side a knight with a sword and a scroll.
Gallery label
  • TWO PANELS Pierced, embossed and painted iron Spanish; first half of the 16th century
  • PANEL Wrought iron Spain; 16th century 429-1927 Painted and embossed(07/1994)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Ironwork. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1985. 48 p., ill. ISBN 0112904157 p.20, pl. 6
  • Gardner, John Starkie. Ironwork. Part 2: Continental ironwork of the renaissance and later periods. London, 1896. plate 25, p.59
Collection
Accession number
M.429 to B-1927

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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