On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Cast

after 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Composition ornament in a repeating egg and dart motif pattern

Object details

Category
Architectural Fittings
Object type
Cast
Materials and techniques
Composition, mounted on yellow pine
Plaster
Pine
Composition
Carving
Moulding
Brief description
Plaster ornament, composition pressing, after 1790, English
Physical description
Composition ornament in a repeating egg and dart motif pattern
Gallery label
(27/03/2003)
British Galleries:
The Adam style demanded a large amount of delicate low-relief ornament. These moulds are for the production of such ornament in plaster, or in composition, usually a combination of whiting, glue, rosin and oil. The finished ornament was used on furniture and other objects as well as in the decoration of rooms.
Credit line
Given by Clark and Fenn Ltd.
Object history
Unknown
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.46:2-1989

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Record createdApril 29, 2003
Record URL
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