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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ironwork, Room 114c

Railing

ca. 1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Wrought iron railing, probably from an altar or chapel, with stylised foliage and threaded S-scrolls joined with collars of iron.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Ironwork
Architectural Fittings
Object type
Railing
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Railing
  • Railing
  • Railing
  • Railing
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron
Wrought Iron
Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description
Railing, probably from an altar or chapel, wrought iron with stylised foliage and threaded S-scrolls joined with collars of iron, made in Germany, ca. 1650
Physical description
Wrought iron railing, probably from an altar or chapel, with stylised foliage and threaded S-scrolls joined with collars of iron.
Dimensions
  • Height: 384cm
  • Width: 120cm
  • Depth: 13cm
Gallery label
RAILING Wrought iron Germany; c. 1650 Said to be from Knowle House, Wiltshire. It was probably part of an altar or chapel railing and shows some of the typical characteristics of South German work - the stylised foliage and threaded S scrolls joined together with collars of iron. Museum No. 791-1904(07/1994)
Object history
Said to be from Knowle House, Wiltshire.
Production
The stylised foliage and threaded S-scrolls joined together with collars of iron are typical characteristics of South German work.
Subjects depicted
Scrolls (Motifs)
Scrolling Foliage
Bibliographic references
  • Encyclopaedia of Ironwork: Examples of hand wrought iron from the Middle Ages to the end of the Eighteenth century. 1927. pl.136.
  • Höver, Otto. Das Eisenwerk: Die Kunstformen des Schmiedeeisens vom Mittelalter bis zum ausgang des 18 Jahrhunderts. Tubingen, 1961.
  • Hall, Michael. No Barriers to the Imagination. Country Life. Sept. 3rd 1992. pp.54-55.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
791 to PART/2-1904

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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