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Craftsmen exploited the motifs for their intrinsic decorative qualities, although it was the information that they conveyed about the status and wealth of the owner that was most important. This panel would have originally formed part of a richly painted and gilded scheme of carved wall decoration.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>During Henry VIII's reign (1509-1547) legislation was passed relating to the use of armorial devices. In order to ensure that they used the correct forms, carvers and painters are known to have owned and consulted pattern books. Unfortunately, no such patterns survive. However, there are surviving royal records of arms and heraldic beasts, for example those by Sir Thomas Wriothesley (died 1534), Henry VIII's Garter King of Arms. These records would have been used to give advice to painters involved in the decoration of the royal palaces.<br><br><b>Subjects Depicted</b><br>The panel is carved with the arms of Jane Seymour as Queen.  She married Henry VIII in 1536 and their alliance is represented by the combination of Seymour family arms with those of Henry VIII.  The top left hand 'quarter' of the lozenge comprises three lion guards, Henry's heraldic 'supporters', and a repeated fleur-de-lis motif. The fleur-de-lis was one of several badges used by the King. The crown and Tudor roses above the lozenge also represent Jane's royal status.","physicalDescription":"Panel, carved with the arms of Jane  Seymour as Queen: quarterlv of six, (1) Royal Augmentation, (2)  Seymour ancient, (3) Beauchamp of Hache, (4) Esturmy, (5) MacWilliams, (6) Coker of Bicester within a lozenge; the arms are surmounted by a crown and two Tudor roses, carved in  high relief and supported by two cherubs springing from cornucopiae.\n\nCarved from a single panel of oak showing slight concave warping. No indication of applied colour. On the back, eleven holes in five groupings, for previous fixings. The carving is exceptionally finely detailed, with undercutting and various motifs hollowed out behind. Losses to this openwork carving atthe upper left rose stems, at bottom right scrollwork, to the cherubs' noses and on the right side cherub, a break at the wrist. While the heraldic motifs, cornucopiae, crown, roses and cherub wings are depicted with confidence, the bodies of the cherubs are lumpen and rigid.\n\r\nThe following pedigree shows the Seymour alliances illustrated by the carved panel. The names underlined are those represented by the quarterings.\r\n\r\nSir Roger <u>Seymour</u> of Woundy * Cecily, daughter of John <u>Beauchamp of Hache</u>, Lord Bishop of Somerset.(1321-1393).\r\n[to]\r\nWilliam of Hache (d.1392) = Margery, daughter of John de Brockbury and Joan, sister of Peter Delamare.\r\n[to] \r\nRoger of Hache 1371-1421 = Maud, daughter of Sir Wm. <u>Esturmy</u> or Sturmy of Wolf's Hall, Wilts.\r\n[to]\r\nJohn 1405-1464 =Married in 1424 Isabel, daughter of Mark <u>William</u>, Mayor of Bristol (see Genealogist, N.S. XII,73.)\r\n[to]  \r\nJohn of Wolf Hall d.1463 = Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert <u>Coker</u>, Kt. of Lawrence Lydiard, Somerset.\r\n[to]\r\nJohn d.1492 = Elizabeth Darell, second daughter of Robert Hardon.\r\n[to]\r\nSir John d.1536 aged 60 =  Margaret Wentworth, d.1550.\r\n [to]\r\n<u>Jane</u> = Henry VIII.\r\n \r\n","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":"Architectural fittings","id":"THES48994"},{"text":"Woodwork","id":"THES48877"},{"text":"Heraldry","id":"THES257728"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AL8011","2017KC2963"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"58B","id":"THES49237"},"free":"","case":"CA5","shelf":"17","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Panel","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"carved","id":"AAT53149"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1536-1537","earliest":"1536-01-01","latest":"1537-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Miss Helen Legge","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"39","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"22.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"15","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":"Thickness of ground part of the panel = 7mm"}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 29/03/2001 by KB","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Panel with Queen Jane Seymour arms, gift of Miss Helen Legge of SW1\r\nNotes from R.P. 25/7581\r\n\r\n22 April 1925 Miss Legge\r\noffers to loan \"a valuable piece of carving\" to the Museum.\r\n\r\n23 April 1925 letter H C Smith to Miss Legge\r\ndescribes the panel carved with the arms of Queen Jane Seymour as \"a work of very fine quality…finer, in fact, than anything of the period which we already possess\".  He explains that Seymour's arms are shown impaled with those of Henry VIII in a stained glass roundel dated 1537 in the Museum.  He notes that the Museum also has a carving showing the Tudor Rose and Crown and the pomegranate of Catherine of Aragon, \"but the work is coarse compared with …your panel\".\r\nThe quarterings on the shield (which read from left to right) are given on the back of the panel\", save that the 4th quarter should be Esturmy, and the 6th Coker\".\r\n\r\n21 October 1925 Miss Legge's loan\r\nbecomes a gift.  King recommends acceptance of \"this magnificent specimen of Tudor wood carving\"; Brackett calls it \"an important example of Tudor carving\".\n\nLent to the exhibition Six Lives: The Women who  Married Henry VIII  at the National Portrait  Gallery, London: 20 June - 8 September  2024","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"English 1536-37, of oak, carved with the arms of Jane Seymour.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Woodwork. \nH. Clifford Smith, Catalogue of English Furniture and Woodwork, Vol. I Gothic and Early Tudor (London 1929), no. 239\n\nPanel, carved with the arms of Jane  Seymour as Queen: quarterlv of six, (1) Royal Augmentation, (2)  Seymour ancient, (3) Beauchamp of Hache, (4) Esturmy, (5) MacWilliams, (6) Coker of Bicester within a lozenge; the arms are surmounted by a crown and two Tudor roses, carved in  high relief and supported by two cherubs springing from cornucopiae.\n1536-37\nH. 15 1/4 in., W. 8 3/4 in.\nGiven by Miss Helen Legge.\n\nJane Seymour married Henry VIII in 1536, and died in 1537, so that the date of this panel can be fixed within a year. The Seymour alliances illustrated by this panel are given in Hoare's 'South Wilts, ' (Vol. I, p.116)\r\n"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Lent to the exhibition Six Lives: The Women who  Married Henry VIII  at the National Portrait  Gallery, London: 20 June - 8 September  2024\n\nThe decoration of the royal palaces was intended to demonstrate the strength of the Tudor dynasty. As a result, the heraldry, emblems and initials of each of Henry's queen adorned a wide array of surfaces, proclaiming the status of both the queen and her family. This panel is a fragment of a larger decorative scheme. Winged angels support a lozenge containing Jane's royal arms, which incorporate the arms of the Seymours, surmounted by a crown and Tudor roses. Jane's marriage to Henry lasted little more than a year but her heraldic emblems endured throughout Hery's reign.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","date":{"text":"20 June - 8 September 2024","earliest":"0006-01-01","latest":"2024-09-08"}},{"text":"British Galleries:\nA woman's arms are usually shown on a diamond-shaped shield or lozenge. Jane Seymour (possibly 1509-1537) was the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1537-1553). Her death just after Edward's birth received little public attention in the general rejoicing over a male heir.  Jane's brother became the famous Protector to the young Edward VI and was rewarded by being created Duke of Somerset.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["W.63-1925"],"accessionNumberNum":"63","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1925,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN0525","2019LP7963","2019LV7876"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-06-18","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}