Cupboard Door
1520-1540 (made)
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Cupboard door carved with a Renaissance style woman’s bust
Description:
Cupboard door with a keyhole and the remnants of two(?) generating hinge fixings along the vertical edge top and bottom. Carved in medium relief with the profile bust of a young woman facing right in early sixteenth century dress (a smock and headdress) set within a leafy wreath. Surrounded by scrolling stylised leaves. In front of her mouth are rings, possibly the remains of a flower. The edges and back are undecorated. Behind the keyhole is the shadow and fixings for a lock. Various remnants of nails and a drilled hole above the keyhole.
Construction:
Door consists of two boards butt-joined with dowel fixings (one partially revealed by carving) apparently with some nail fixings across the joint. Carved in the solid.
Description:
Cupboard door with a keyhole and the remnants of two(?) generating hinge fixings along the vertical edge top and bottom. Carved in medium relief with the profile bust of a young woman facing right in early sixteenth century dress (a smock and headdress) set within a leafy wreath. Surrounded by scrolling stylised leaves. In front of her mouth are rings, possibly the remains of a flower. The edges and back are undecorated. Behind the keyhole is the shadow and fixings for a lock. Various remnants of nails and a drilled hole above the keyhole.
Construction:
Door consists of two boards butt-joined with dowel fixings (one partially revealed by carving) apparently with some nail fixings across the joint. Carved in the solid.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | oak, carving |
| Brief description | Cupboard door carved with a Renaissance style woman’s bust, English, 1520-40 |
| Physical description | Cupboard door carved with a Renaissance style woman’s bust Description: Cupboard door with a keyhole and the remnants of two(?) generating hinge fixings along the vertical edge top and bottom. Carved in medium relief with the profile bust of a young woman facing right in early sixteenth century dress (a smock and headdress) set within a leafy wreath. Surrounded by scrolling stylised leaves. In front of her mouth are rings, possibly the remains of a flower. The edges and back are undecorated. Behind the keyhole is the shadow and fixings for a lock. Various remnants of nails and a drilled hole above the keyhole. Construction: Door consists of two boards butt-joined with dowel fixings (one partially revealed by carving) apparently with some nail fixings across the joint. Carved in the solid. |
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| Credit line | Given by Captain G. Owen Wheeler |
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| Accession number | W.4-1945 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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