Door

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	France (made)

Door, oak, with jambs composed of fluted pilasters with Ionic capitals. The modern frieze is surmounted by a moulded cornice, carved with a repeating floral design. The fluted framework of the door encloses four panels, the two above being carved in low relief with floral and interlacing strapwork symmetrically arranged, whilst those beneath are plain.

Object details

Category	Woodwork
Object type	Door
Parts	This object consists of 4 parts. Door Jamb Door Jamb Cornice Door
Materials and techniques	Carved oak Oak Carving
Brief description	Door, oak, with jambs composed of fluted pilasters with Ionic capitals. French, 16th century.
Physical description	Door, oak, with jambs composed of fluted pilasters with Ionic capitals. The modern frieze is surmounted by a moulded cornice, carved with a repeating floral design. The fluted framework of the door encloses four panels, the two above being carved in low relief with floral and interlacing strapwork symmetrically arranged, whilst those beneath are plain.
Dimensions	Height: 215.9cm (Note: 215.9cm x 120.2cm ) Width: 120.2cm Measurements taken from departmental notes (Woodwork Multinational box 171)
Object history	Purchased from M. Duseigneur, 3 Rue de l'Abbaye, Paris for £12.6.9 in 1892
Bibliographic references	W.G. Paulson Townsend, Measured Drawings of French Furniture in the South Kensington Museum (London 1899), part 2, plate 22 ROWE, Eleanor (ed.), French Wood Carvings from the National Museums Second Series - sixteenth century (London. 1896), pl. XXVII “The frieze of the door given on Plate XXVII is modern, and quite out of harmony with the rest of the design.”
Collection	Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number	1734A-1892

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Record created	April 16, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O152804/door-unknown/

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