Photograph
1850s-1896 (photographed)
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Photograph of a fragment from a late 15th century Northern French oak stall, consisting of a friar preaching from a pulpit beneath a canopy carved with Gothic tracery and grotesque masks.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Photograph |
Brief description | Photograph of a fragment from a late 15th century Northern French oak stall, which was previously part of the collection of Emile Peyre, Great Britain, 1850s-1896 |
Physical description | Photograph of a fragment from a late 15th century Northern French oak stall, consisting of a friar preaching from a pulpit beneath a canopy carved with Gothic tracery and grotesque masks. |
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Object history | The object in the photograph formed part of the collection of Emile Peyre (1824-1904), a notable Parisian collector of French Medieval and Renaissance artefacts. The South Kensington Museum (renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1900), bought over 300 pieces of furniture and woodwork, as well as sculpture and metalwork, from him in 1895, including the object in this photograph. |
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Associated object | 492-1895 (Object) |
Bibliographic reference | On a label pasted to the mount of the photograph. |
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Accession number | PH.1448-1896 |
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Record created | June 27, 2014 |
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