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1400-1599 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Base of an oak column carved with an openwork arched screen

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Carving, English or Flemish, 1400-1599, Pugin collection
Physical description
Base of an oak column carved with an openwork arched screen
Dimensions
  • Height: 45.1cm (Note: converted from department records)
  • Width: 14.6cm (Note: converted from department records)
  • Depth: 8.3cm (Note: converted from department records)
Credit line
Given by the Board of Trade
Object history
One of 96 pieces of Gothic architectural decoration, chiefly of oak, consisting of panels, friezes, pilasters, etc., museum numbers 8129-1863 to 8244-1863, average dimensions 20" x 12". English, Flemish, etc., 15th and 16th centuries.
Transferred to South Kensington Museum from Office of Works (RF 52/1567)
These pieces were collected by Pugin and used as models by the Thames Bank Workshops for the construction of the new Palace of Westminster.

Recorded in an undated (possibly c.1863, with later annotations) departmental list as:

'Base of a column of oak with part of shaft. English (?); about 1500
H. 17 3/4 in., W. 5 3/4 in., D 3 1/4 in.
It is decorated with mouldings; in front is an openwork screen composed of round arches.
[2406]
[location] S.K.
Cracked.'
Collection
Accession number
8185-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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