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This object consists of 4 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Frieze

1500-1550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Four portions of wood painted in distemper with arabesques and shields of arms

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Frieze
  • Frieze
  • Frieze
  • Frieze
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Wood frieze, Italy, 1500-1550
Physical description
Four portions of wood painted in distemper with arabesques and shields of arms
DimensionsTaken from department file: L 7' 7'' x 10'' and 5' 5'' x 10'' (231.14cm x 25.4cm and 165.1 x 25.4cm
Gallery label
(1930)
Label text c.1930 while displayed in Tapestry Court: North-west Block. South Side. [gallery 44 ‘East Central Court’ c.1909-1952]

FRIEZE.
Pine-wood painted and gilt.
Arms of Calcagnini di Ferrara.
From a house at Ferrara.
FERRARESE; about 1520.
845A-1884.
Object history
Purchased from Sign. Bardini, Florence for £128 for the four. From a house in Ferrara.

RP: 3921/1884
Collection
Accession number
845-1884

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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