Coffer Front
1450-1500 (made)
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Coffer front of oak, carved with tracery aranged in two pairs of arches divided by a geometrical device and having a similar oramental carving in the spandrels. Below the top edge is an aperture for a lock-plate.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Oak, carving |
| Brief description | Oak carved coffer front, English, 1450-1500 |
| Physical description | Coffer front of oak, carved with tracery aranged in two pairs of arches divided by a geometrical device and having a similar oramental carving in the spandrels. Below the top edge is an aperture for a lock-plate. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Aymer Vallance |
| Object history | Given by Mr Aymer Vallance of 53 Egerton Cres. SW3, (W.66-1929 to W.76-1929). Condition upon acquisition 'cracked and worn' (RP 29/9235). |
| Bibliographic reference | Charles Tracy, English Medieval Furniture and Woodwork (London, 1988), cat. no.311.
'COFFER FRONT, carved with tracery arranged in two pairs of arches divided by a geometrical device and having similar ornament in the spandrels. Below the top edge an aperture for a lock plate.
Given by Mr Aymer Vallance
Second half 15th century
33 x 109 cm
Mus. No. W.68-1929'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.68-1929 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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