May Day in the Olden Time
Panel
1867 (painted)
1867 (painted)
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Watercolour on panel. Central panel of a triptych watercolour painting depicting 16th century May Day celebrations.
Object details
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| Title | May Day in the Olden Time (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on panel |
| Brief description | Central panel of a triptych watercolour painting by Henry Stacy Marks entitled 'May Day in the Olden Time', Great Britain, 1867 |
| Physical description | Watercolour on panel. Central panel of a triptych watercolour painting depicting 16th century May Day celebrations. |
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| Associated object | 321A-1872 (Copy) |
| Bibliographic reference | In 1868 Henry Stacy Marks offered his watercolour of a 16th-century May Day procession for use in decorating the interiors of the Museum, and Henry Cole, the Director, chose it as the design for the three porcelain panels on the buffet of what is now the 'Morris Room'. Originally designed and made for the Green Dining Room in the Victoria and Albert Museum, it was one of the first public refreshment rooms in any museum.
The buffet was not functional but was designed as a piece of decorative furniture, with a May Day theme, echoing the painted panels showing the months of the year, which decorated the walls of the Dining Room.
These were painted by a female student in the porcelain class of the South Kensington Art School, now the Royal College of Art, and incorporated into the buffet, made by Gillow & Co., a prominent firm of cabinet-makers. |
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| Accession number | FA.677 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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