Cupboard Door
1600-1650 (made)
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Cupboard door of walnut, consisting of a panel in the centre carved with a figure of Temperance, and surrounded by six other panels with plain raised centres; each panel is surrounded by a beading and round the whole is a raised framework with plain moulding. The centre panel is painted in colours, and the rest of the door in red.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Walnut, carving |
| Brief description | Carved walnut cupboard door; France; 1600-1650 |
| Physical description | Cupboard door of walnut, consisting of a panel in the centre carved with a figure of Temperance, and surrounded by six other panels with plain raised centres; each panel is surrounded by a beading and round the whole is a raised framework with plain moulding. The centre panel is painted in colours, and the rest of the door in red. |
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| Object history | Purchased for £15 from Monsieur Emile Peyre. |
| Historical context | Probably from a four-door cupboard (armoire "de sacristie") or cabinet of the types illustrated in Laurence Fligny: Le Mobilier en Picardie. (Picardie, 1990), pp. 218-221. Such pieces customarily bear allegorical figures representing the Four Seasons, classical divinities, the Virtues, sometimes derived from prints by Goltzius or Schiaminossi. Fligny notes that the play of light on the raised flat panels changes the aspect of the facade considerably. |
| Production | Picardy |
| Associated object | 576-1895 (Ensemble) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 577A-1895 |
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| Record created | September 13, 2007 |
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