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It is likely that comparatively little medieval, domestic furniture survived intact beyond 1600, but during the 19th century there was a thriving market in fragments, such as panels and the fronts of chests, which were sometimes re-used in replica or fake medieval furniture. This piece was carved in solid oak, and includes three fleurs-de-lis, one of the symbols used on the royal arms of France, although its use does not necessarily mean that the panel was made for a royal household. Exposed channels on the surface of the panel were made by Common Furniture Beetle larvae (woodworm) and may suggest that the panel was originally painted, and later stripped.\r\n\r\nThe panel was one of ninety-six pieces of architectural decoration collected by the architect A. W. N. Pugin. They served as models to be used in the Thames Bank workshops for the decoration and furnishing of the new Palace of Westminster, and were later transferred from the Office of Works to the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum).","physicalDescription":"Oak panel,  carved in the solid with an arch containing blind tracery above a shield with three fleur-de-lis, and each spandrel filled with a stylised leaf ornament. \r\n\r\nThe reverse is plain. All four edges have been cut back to form a rebate (11-12mm wide, 7mm deep). A canvas strip has been glued along the bottom edge lip, and there is a hole at the centre of the top edge lip with the remains of a peg. On the front are extensive exposed common furniture beetle channels and possibly some traces of pigment (bottom edge, centre) suggesting that the panel may have been painted, and stripped.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"oak","id":"AAT12264"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Carved oak","categories":[{"text":"Woodwork","id":"THES48877"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AE6057","2011FB2059","2011FB2060","2011FB2061","2011FB2062"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES344039"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Panel","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"France","id":"x28849"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1450-1500","earliest":"1450-01-01","latest":"1500-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the Board of Trade","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"36.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"19.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Thickness","value":"1.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"max depth of carving 12mm","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"2571","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Painted on reverse of panel"}],"objectHistory":"\r\nOne of 96 pieces of Gothic architectural decoration, chiefly of oak, consisting of panels, friezes, pilasters, etc., museum numbers 8129-1863 to 8244-1863, average dimensions 20\" x 12\". English, Flemish, etc., 15th and 16th centuries.\r\nTransferred to South Kensington Museum from Office of Works (RF 52/1567)\r\nThese pieces were collected by Pugin and used as models by the Thames Bank Workshops for the construction of the new Palace of Westminster.\r\n\r\nRecorded in an undated (possibly c.1863, with later annotations) departmental list as:\r\n\r\n'Portion of an oak panel carved with Gothic tracery. From Amiens. French ; late 15th cent.y\r\nH. 14 1/2 in., W. 7 7/8 in.\r\nBeneath a pointed archis tracery, amid which is a crowned shield bearing three fleur-de-lys; the spandrels are filled in with leaf ornament.\nAmiens [2571]\r\n[location] Birmingham School of Art\r\nMuch wormeaten.'\r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Panel, English/French? 1300-1400","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"The South Kensington Museum. 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