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

Grille

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

Grill decorated with arrow motifs.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Ironwork
Architectural Fittings
Object type
Grille
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron
Wrought Iron
Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description
Ironwork grille decorated with arrow motifs, wrought iron, made in Germany, 17th century
Physical description
Grill decorated with arrow motifs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 92.5cm
  • Width: 108cm
  • Depth: 12.5cm
Gallery label
  • GRILLE Wrought iron Germany; 17th century 145-1889 Decorated with arrow motifs.(07/1994)
  • GRILLE Wrought iron Germany; 17th century This square grille, divided into twenty four further squares within, is decorated with numerous scroll and arrow motifs. Museum No. 145-1889 (02/08/2013)
Subject depicted
Arrows
Bibliographic reference
Gardner, John Starkie. Ironwork. Part 2: Continental ironwork of the renaissance and later periods. London, 1896. p.47
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
145-1889

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O380176/grille-unknown/
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