Pair of Gates
1869-1872 (made)
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These chancel gates from Salisbury Cathedral were in place by 1877. They result from the extensive work on restoring the cathedral carried out between 1863 and 1878 by the architect, George Gilbert Scott. The design for the chancel screen was probably the result of a collaboration between Scott and his favourite ironworker, Francis Skidmore of Coventry, and is clearly inspired by 12th to 13th century ironwork, such as the grille thought to be from the shrine of St Swithun, in Winchester Cathedral. The Salisbury screen can be compared with the Scott/Skidmore designs of 1862 for the Hereford Cathedral screen, Museum no. M.251-1984, which is far more elaborate. The Salisbury screen was removed amidst much controversy in 1959. Much of the screen was destroyed and these gates and the cross (M.5-2015) are the principal survivors.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wrought iron, painted |
| Brief description | Pair of wrought iron, painted gates, designed by Gilbert Scott and made by Skidmore & Co., Coventry, 1869-1872. |
| Physical description | Pair of wrought iron gates, painted gold, with an undercoat of red. Stylized fleur-de-lys motifs adorn the top of the gates, with a palmette scroll nodding inwards at either end. Divided into several sections, separated by horizontal bars, each designed with different types of scrollwork. The bottom section features vertical scrolls; the second features a circular scroll design; the third features scrolls within pointed arches. Above this, a narrow small section features running scrollwork; above which are a total of six quatrefoils within large square sections. There is a square lock with a scrolled handle, set into one gate, with scrollwork around the keyhole. There is no key. The horizontal and vertical bars of the gate have surface decoration in the form of small punched circles, rectangles and groups of diagonal lines. |
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| Object history | These chancel gates from Salisbury Cathedral were in place by 1877. They result from the extensive work on restoring the cathedral carried out between 1863 and 1878 by the architect, George Gilbert Scott. The design for the chancel screen was probably the result of a collaboration between Scott and his favourite ironworker, Francis Skidmore of Coventry, and is clearly inspired by 12th to 13th century ironwork, such as the grille thought to be from the shrine of St Swithun, in Winchester Cathedral. The Salisbury screen can be compared with the Scott/Skidmore designs of 1862 for the Hereford Cathedral screen, Museum no. M.251-1984, which is far more elaborate. The Salisbury screen was removed amidst much controversy in 1959. Much of the screen was destroyed and these gates and the cross (M.5-2015) are the principal survivors. |
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| Summary | These chancel gates from Salisbury Cathedral were in place by 1877. They result from the extensive work on restoring the cathedral carried out between 1863 and 1878 by the architect, George Gilbert Scott. The design for the chancel screen was probably the result of a collaboration between Scott and his favourite ironworker, Francis Skidmore of Coventry, and is clearly inspired by 12th to 13th century ironwork, such as the grille thought to be from the shrine of St Swithun, in Winchester Cathedral. The Salisbury screen can be compared with the Scott/Skidmore designs of 1862 for the Hereford Cathedral screen, Museum no. M.251-1984, which is far more elaborate. The Salisbury screen was removed amidst much controversy in 1959. Much of the screen was destroyed and these gates and the cross (M.5-2015) are the principal survivors. |
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| Accession number | M.4-1979 |
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| Record created | April 28, 2000 |
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