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Fanlight

17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Eisenach (made)
Germany (made)

Wrought iron fanlight grating, decorated with scrollwork and a central crown and an heraldic shield of arms.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Architectural Fittings
Ironwork
Object type
Fanlight
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron
Wrought Iron
Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description
Ironwork fanlight grating, decorated with scrollwork and a central crown and an heraldic shield of arms, wrought iron, made in Eisenach, Germany, 17th century.
Physical description
Wrought iron fanlight grating, decorated with scrollwork and a central crown and an heraldic shield of arms.
Dimensions
  • Height: 72.5cm
  • Width: 244cm
  • Depth: 10cm
Gallery label
  • FANLIGHT GRATING Wrought iron Germany; 17th century 825-1893 Decorated with scrollwork and a central crown and an heraldic shield of arms(07/1994)
  • FANLIGHT GRATING Wrought iron Germany; 17th century This is a grating for a fan-light, of lunette form, from Eisenach, Germany. It has a design of leafy scrolls which are symmetrically arranged.In the centre is a crown and an heraldic shield of arms. Museum No. 825-1893 (02/08/2013)
Subjects depicted
Heraldic
Crown
Bibliographic reference
Gardner, John Starkie. Ironwork. Part 2: Continental ironwork of the renaissance and later periods. London, 1896. p.34
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
825-1893

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O380172/fanlight-unknown/
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