Cresting

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On display at V&A South Kensington

Ironwork, Room 114e

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Germany (made)

Wrought iron cresting, probably from a larger screen or gate. Decorated with open scrolls, grotesques, garlands and arabesques.

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Categories	Metalwork Ironwork
Object type	Cresting
Materials and techniques	Wrought iron Wrought Iron Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description	Ironwork cresting probably from screen or gate, decorated with open scrolls and grotesques, wrought iron, Germany, ca. 1650
Physical description	Wrought iron cresting, probably from a larger screen or gate. Decorated with open scrolls, grotesques, garlands and arabesques.
Dimensions	Width: 410cm Depth: 4cm
Gallery label	CRESTING Wrought iron Germany; c. 1650 The cresting, decorated with open scrolls and grotesques, is probably from a larger screen or gate. Museum No. 9090-1863(07/1994)
Subjects depicted	Grotesques Scrolls (Motifs) Garland Arabesques
Bibliographic references	Gardner, John Starkie. Ironwork. Part 2: Continental ironwork of the renaissance and later periods. London, 1896. pl.9, p.27 The Art Journal. 1869. p.190. Hall, Michael. No Barriers to the Imagination. Country Life. Sept. 3rd 1992. pp.54-55.
Collection	Metalwork Collection
Accession number	9090-1863

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O380044/cresting-unknown/

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