Not on display

Carving

1400-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (makers)
Place of origin
England (made)

Oak panel carved with an ogee arch enriched with a leafy finial and crockets containing a circular compartment and tracery. The rest of the space is decorated with mullions and tracery

Object details

Category
Architectural Fittings
Object type
Carving
Materials and techniques
Oak
Carving
Brief description
Carving, English, 1400-1600, wood, Pugin Palace of Westminster Collection
Physical description
Oak panel carved with an ogee arch enriched with a leafy finial and crockets containing a circular compartment and tracery. The rest of the space is decorated with mullions and tracery
Dimensions
  • Height: 44.5cm (Note: converted from department records)
  • Width: 33cm (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:

'Oak panel. English; late 15th cent.y
H. 17 1/2 in., W. 13 in.
Carved with an ogee arch enriched with a leafy finial and crockets, containing a circular compartment and tracery; the rest of the space is also decorated with mullions and tracery.
[2370]
[location] Bath School of Art, S.K.
Slightly cracked.'
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
8222-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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