Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ironwork, Room 114c

Panel

1500-1550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Wrought iron panel with simple back-to-back C scrolls, possibly from a window grille.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Architectural Fittings
Ironwork
Object type
Panel
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron
Wrought Iron
Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description
Wrought iron panel with simple back-to-back C scrolls, possibly from a window grille, made in Italy, 1500-1550
Physical description
Wrought iron panel with simple back-to-back C scrolls, possibly from a window grille.
Dimensions
  • Height: 200cm
  • Width: 92cm
  • Depth: 5cm
Gallery label
PANEL Wrought iron Italy; 1500-50 Possibly from a window grille, like the pair on the other side of the Gallery. If so, it might have had a matching fanlight. The simple back-to-back C scrolls are typical of 16th century Italian ironwork design. Museum No. 630-1888(07/1994)
Subject depicted
C-Scrolls
Bibliographic references
  • Baur-Heinhold, Margarete. Schmiedeeisen : Gitter, Tore u. Geländer. München : Callwey, 1977. 176 p., ill. ISBN 3766704079 Fig.53
  • Zimelli, Umberto and Giovanni Vergerio. Il Ferro Battuto. Milan, 1966. pl.25, p.59
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
630-1888

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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