Panel
ca. 1200-1220 (made)
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This panel formed part of the border of a window from Canterbury Cathedral in Kent. The acanthus flower was a common decorative motif at the time it was made, and illustrates the wide range of classical motifs in the decorative arts that were available to the medieval craftsman.
Some of the surviving medieval glass was removed from the cathedral in the mid-1800s and replaced with copies. The original panels were stored in various glaziers’ workshops, and eventually sold off to private collectors. This makes it difficult to determine where this panel may have come from.
Over time, some of the original panels from the cathedral have come into museum collections in Britain and in the United States.
Some of the surviving medieval glass was removed from the cathedral in the mid-1800s and replaced with copies. The original panels were stored in various glaziers’ workshops, and eventually sold off to private collectors. This makes it difficult to determine where this panel may have come from.
Over time, some of the original panels from the cathedral have come into museum collections in Britain and in the United States.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stained glass |
| Brief description | Panel of foliage of clear, coloured and flashed glass with painted details. Originally border panels from a window in Canterbury Cathedral. English, about 1200-1220. |
| Physical description | Stained glass panel, rectangular section of border from a window, composed of four repeating acanthus motifs arranged vertically in blue and white glass with black painted details flanked by beaded borders in yellow and green glass. On a red ground between yellow and green beaded edges are four upward growing pairs of blue leaves with a central white palmette. |
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| Object history | All three panels (C.2-1958, C.7 & 8-1959) had been purchased from Canterbury by Philip Nelson. John Hunt purchased them from Nelson's estate and later gave them to the museum. |
| Production | From a window in Canterbury Cathedral |
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| Summary | This panel formed part of the border of a window from Canterbury Cathedral in Kent. The acanthus flower was a common decorative motif at the time it was made, and illustrates the wide range of classical motifs in the decorative arts that were available to the medieval craftsman. Some of the surviving medieval glass was removed from the cathedral in the mid-1800s and replaced with copies. The original panels were stored in various glaziers’ workshops, and eventually sold off to private collectors. This makes it difficult to determine where this panel may have come from. Over time, some of the original panels from the cathedral have come into museum collections in Britain and in the United States. |
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| Accession number | C.7-1959 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2002 |
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