Not currently on display at the V&A

Panel

1500-1550 (made)
Place of origin

Oak panel, comprised of the upper portions of two panels fitted together. One part is carved with two cornucopiae terminating in dolphins' heads, which are arranged about a central stem springing from a vase shaped ornament, and the other part with floral ornament. Each panel has a Gothic arch at the top, two of the spandrels being filled with leaf ornament and two with grotesque masks.


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Brief description
Oak panel, French, 1500-50. Ex Peyre Collection.
Physical description
Oak panel, comprised of the upper portions of two panels fitted together. One part is carved with two cornucopiae terminating in dolphins' heads, which are arranged about a central stem springing from a vase shaped ornament, and the other part with floral ornament. Each panel has a Gothic arch at the top, two of the spandrels being filled with leaf ornament and two with grotesque masks.
DimensionsHW: 80x15.2cm (from file)
Object history
Purchased for £5: 'wormeaten and worn'.

This panel was formerly in the collection of Emile Peyre (1824-1904), a notable Parisian collector of French medieval and renaissance artefacts. In 1895 the South Kensington Museum (renamed the V&A in 1900), bought over 300 pieces of furniture and woodwork from him, (as well as sculpture and metalwork), at a cost of £11,878. 16s. 9d.
Collection
Accession number
778-1895

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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