Group of Eight Very Early British/Continental Architectural Elements
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Description
wall accents, panels, and fragments, including: 14th century, a very rare section of English carved oak and blue painted rood screen, with pierced ovoid apertures, ogee arches and crocketted pendants; 15th century, a section of carved oak tracery, with foliate, quatre form and ogee shaped decoration; 15th century, a fragment of pierced oak frieze, traces of original polychrome decoration with five comma motifs centered by flower heads; and assorted elements, each of wood construction, most with scrollwork patterns, one shield with animals and fleur de lis, some with wire hangers, largest 37-1/4 x 9 in.
Provenance: Sotheby's, London, Haute Epoque Sale, October 29, 2008 Lots 262 & 263; Private Collection, Warrenton, Virginia
Condition
rubbing, loss to pigment, pest damage, loss at edges, surface accretion; fragment of pierced oak frieze with small crack
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