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BOX
FRENCH
14th century
Carved oak with panels of gothic tracery.
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| Materials and techniques | oak, carving |
| Brief description | Carved oak box; France; 1300-1400 |
| Physical description | BOX
FRENCH
14th century
Carved oak with panels of gothic tracery.
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| Dimensions | - Height: 5in
- Length: 11.75in
- Width: 9
Taken from department file:
H 5in x L 11.75in x W 9in (inches)
H 12.7cm x 29.85cm x W 22.86cm (centimetres) |
| Object history | |
| Bibliographic references | - ‘Examples of Works of Art’, South Kensington Museum, 1881, I.21.
‘Box
Oak
This little casket is a good example of the best kind of architectural ornamentation, as applied in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to boxes, chests, and other furniture, whether of household or of ecclesiastical use. It may be either of French or of English work, about the year 1350.
The box is decorated throughout with geometric window tracery, filling the several panels, and with notchings on the angles. The clamps and mounts are iron, and of excellent workmanship. A hammered plate forms a clamp passing completely round the top edge under the cover, and finishing with a flower of beaten work on each side of the lock plate. The plate of the lock has foliated corners.
The size of the casket is nearly a foot long by about nine inches in width, and five inches high.
Bought for 2l.’
- Ancient and Modern Furniture & Woodwork in the South Kensington Museum, described with an introduction by John Hungerford Pollen, (London, 1874), p.15.
Box. Carved oak, with panels of Gothic tracery.
French. 14th century.
H. 5 in., L. 11 ¾ in., W. 9 in. Bought, 2l.
This box is decorated with geometrical window tracery and notching on the angles. The iron clamps and mounts are of excellent workmanship. A hammered plate of this kind forms a clamp to the top, and, passing completely round, finishes with a flower of beaten Work on each side the lock plate. The plate of the lock itself is decorated with foliated corners. Parts of the box have been replaced.
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