Not on display

Carving

1400-1599 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (makers)
Place of origin
England (made)
Flanders (made)

Oak panel carved with a grooved band in the centre enclosing a rosette. The other border of the band is continued above and below into a stalk ending in a cone and leaves with a cut stem on either side, one bearing a leaf and the other berries

Object details

Category
Woodwork
Object type
Carving
Materials and techniques
Oak
Carving
Brief description
Carving, English or Flemish, 1400-1599, Pugin collection
Physical description
Oak panel carved with a grooved band in the centre enclosing a rosette. The other border of the band is continued above and below into a stalk ending in a cone and leaves with a cut stem on either side, one bearing a leaf and the other berries
Dimensions
  • Height: 40.3cm (Note: converted from department records)
  • Width: 16.5cm (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:

'Panel of carved oak; 15th cent.y
H. 15 7/8 in., W. 6 1/2 in.
It is decorated with a grooved band in the centre enclosing a rosette; the other border of the band is continued above and below into a stalk ending in a cone and leaves with a cut stem on wither side one bearing a leaf and the other berries.
[2393]
[location] Dewsbury
Portions missing.'


Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
8184-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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