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This object consists of 3 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Tracery Panel Set

1480-1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
France (made)

Three walnut panels, each carved in openwork with Gothic tracery, consisting of four arches surmounted by two pear-shaped compartments, below which are two ogee-arches. The sides are moulded. There are remains of colour.

Object details

Categories
Woodwork
Renaissance (French)
Object type
Tracery panel set
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Tracery Panel
  • Panel
  • Panel
Materials and techniques
Walnut, carved
Walnut
Carving
Brief description
Three tracery panels, French, late 15th century, walnut
Physical description
Three walnut panels, each carved in openwork with Gothic tracery, consisting of four arches surmounted by two pear-shaped compartments, below which are two ogee-arches. The sides are moulded. There are remains of colour.
Dimensions
  • 1078 1898 height: 43.5cm (Note: converted from department file)
  • 1078 1898 width: 19.7cm (Note: converted from department file)
  • 1078 a 1898 height: 43.5cm (Note: converted from department file)
  • 1078 a 1898 width: 20.6cm (Note: converted from department file)
  • 1078 b 1898 height: 43.5cm (Note: converted from department file)
  • 1078 b 1898 width: 20cm (Note: converted from department file)
Object history
Bought for £2 18s 6d from Monsr. Fulgence, 75 Rue La Boetie, Paris: 1078: "Slightly cracked and moulding chipped"; 1078A "Cracked, split, chipped and broken; there is a hole where a lockplate was attached"; 1078B: "Slightly cracked and moulding chipped".

On the authority of The Right Hon. Sir JE Gorst RP 99364/1898
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
1078-1898

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Record createdDecember 22, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O120034/tracery-panel-set-unknown/
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