Panel
1800 - 1900
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Rectangular panel consisting of a beech frame with a silk covered panel mounted within it. The top and bottom rails of the frame are tenoned into the side uprights; the front of each of the side uprights is pieced out with a tapering half column with a square section base and capital; a square section moulding runs between the two capitals; mounted in the frame is a panel covered with red silk arranged in radiating pleats with a carved and gilt basket of flowers at its centre; the silk is stretched over a rectangular pine frame consisting of two side uprights and three rails (top, bottom and middle); a single screw is through the back of the middle rail secures the carved and gilt basket of flowers; there is a small keyhole in the middle of the top rail but no lock in place on the back of the frame.
Object details
Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Joined beech and pine rails mounted with silk covered panel and a carved and gilt basket motif |
Brief description | Rectangular wooden frame with red silk panel and carved / gilt basket of flowers; English, 19th-century |
Physical description | Rectangular panel consisting of a beech frame with a silk covered panel mounted within it. The top and bottom rails of the frame are tenoned into the side uprights; the front of each of the side uprights is pieced out with a tapering half column with a square section base and capital; a square section moulding runs between the two capitals; mounted in the frame is a panel covered with red silk arranged in radiating pleats with a carved and gilt basket of flowers at its centre; the silk is stretched over a rectangular pine frame consisting of two side uprights and three rails (top, bottom and middle); a single screw is through the back of the middle rail secures the carved and gilt basket of flowers; there is a small keyhole in the middle of the top rail but no lock in place on the back of the frame. |
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Accession number | FWK.LOST.850-2011 |
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Record created | February 2, 2011 |
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