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| Brief description | Pair of doors, English, 1300-1450, from St. Mary's, Beverley, Yorkshire |
| Physical description | Pair of folding doors from arched doorways. Each door is of slightly different design and divided into four panels filled with geometric tracery. Each door has two iron strap hinges with ring sockets. |
| Dimensions | - W.5 1921 height: 304.8cm
(Note: measurement converted from department files)
- W.5 1921 width: 104.1cm
(Note: measurement converted from department files)
- W.5 a 1921 height: 313.9cm
(Note: measurement converted from department files)
- W.5 a 1921 width: 104.1cm
(Note: measurement converted from department files)
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| Credit line | Acquired from the Royal Architectural Museum, Westminster |
| Object history | Displayed in gallery 48 (north side) by 1926 until the period 1982-1994, during which they were taken off display. |
| Bibliographic references | - Charles Tracy, English Medieval Furniture and Woodwork (London, 1988), cat. no. 57
Door, one of two (mus. nos. W.5-1921, W.5a-1921), each being half of a pair of folding doors, from arched doorways. Each door, which is of slightly different design, is divided by ribs into four panels; on the lower part is a band of cusped arches (missing on one door); the upper part where the ribs intersect is filled with varieties of geometrical tracery. Each door has two iron strap hinges with ring sockets (PLS. 17a & b).
From St Mary, Beverley, Yorkshire
Oak. Second decade 15th century
30 X 104 cm
Mus. No. W.5 -1921
- Charles Tracy, English Medieval Furniture and Woodwork (London, 1988), cat. no. 58
Door, one of two (mus. nos. W.5-1921, W.5a-1921), each being half of a pair of folding doors, from arched doorways. Each door, which is of slightly different design, is divided by ribs into four panels; on the lower part is a band of cusped arches (missing on one door); the upper part where the ribs intersect is filled with varieties of geometrical tracery. Each door has two iron strap hinges with ring sockets (PLS. 17a & b).
From St Mary, Beverley, Yorkshire
Oak. Mid 15th century
31 X 104 cm
Mus. No. W.5a-1921
Acquired in 1921 from the Royal Architectural Museum, Westminster, having been sold at auction in 1851.
The left-hand door (W5) belonged to the entrance doorway of the south porch, the building of which dates from the second quarter of the 15th century (See John Bilson, ‘St Mary's Church, Beverley’, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, XXVIII, 1926, p.340). The right-hand door (W.5a) is the eastern leaf from the south transept doorway. This part of the church was built c.1450-60 (See John Bilson, ‘St Mary’s Church, Beverley’, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, XXV, 1920, p.409-10), The other leaf of this door is still in situ and is the only medieval door that remains in the church. They were probably taken out and disposed of at the time of the restoration of these parts of the church under A.W.N. Pugin and his son, E.W. Pugin between 1844 and 1859 (See John Bilson, ‘St Mary’s Church, Beverley’, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, XXV, 1920, p. 401) and John Bilson, ‘St Mary's Church, Beverley’, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, XXVIII, 1926, p.340). These doors display the refinement of tracery drawing typical of the region during the first half of the fifteenth century, E.g. Boston Church, west door (FIG.10). The delicacy of handling, exploits the special characteristics of the medium.
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