Not currently on display at the V&A

Heraldic Panel

1500-1550 (made)
Place of origin

Oak panel, carved with a salamander crowned amid flames, the badge of Francois I, and with gilded highlights. Stamped EP (for Emile Peyre)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Oak, carved and partly gilded
Brief description
French, 1500-1550, carved. Ex Peyre Collection.
Physical description
Oak panel, carved with a salamander crowned amid flames, the badge of Francois I, and with gilded highlights. Stamped EP (for Emile Peyre)
Dimensions
  • Height: 44.8cm
  • Width: 32.3cm
  • Approx. depth: 4cm
Object history
Bought from Emile Peyre for £24.

This panel was formerly in the collection of Emile Peyre (1824-1904), a notable Parisian collector of French medieval and renaissance artefacts. In 1895 the South Kensington Museum (renamed the V&A in 1900), bought over 300 pieces of furniture and woodwork from him, (as well as sculpture and metalwork), at a cost of £11,878. 16s. 9d.
Collection
Accession number
863-1895

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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