Chimney Beam
1500-1600 (made)
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Oak chimney beam carved with rosettes inside triangular compartments
Object details
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| Brief description | Chimney beam, English, 1500-1600 |
| Physical description | Oak chimney beam carved with rosettes inside triangular compartments |
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| Object history | Purchased for £1. 19s 11d. from C. Herbert Shoppee, Esq., 22 John Street, Bedford Row, London W8. Registered files RF 8669/1901, containing J.H. Pollen's report; the purchase consisting of museum nos. 492 to 617-1901, and composed chiefly of ironwork and woodwork was bought for £350. Condition: 'Worn.' |
| Bibliographic reference | Charles Tracy, English Medieval Furniture and Woodwork (London, 1988), cat. no. 261
'Chimney-Beam; the front is divided by two intersecting diagonal lines into four triangular compartments, the two at the sides being each filled with a long serrated leaf and a rosette. The upper and lower compartments are blank. Below is a convex moulding.
From a house near Exeter Oak, First half of 16th century 24.8 x 185 x 13.3 cm Mus. No.587-1901
The correct name for the lintel or mantel over a fireplace is ‘clavel’. The term ‘breast-sumner,’ ’bressomer’ or ‘bressumer’ (the ‘sumner’ or beam over a large opening) is sometimes inaccurately employed for the chimney-beam or ‘clavel'.’ |
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| Accession number | 587-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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