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The house was built in the mid-1520s by Sir Richard Weston. Sir Richard was a faithful officer of King Henry VIII (ruled 1509–47) and made several visits to France. In 1525 he was made treasurer of the town and marches of Calais. Weston’s eclectic taste for the fashions of mainland Europe is evident in the architecture of his house, which survives, though altered. From the French style of the panels, it is likely that they were either imported from France or made by a French-trained craftsman working in England.","physicalDescription":"Panelling in two sections, each with 3 pierced flambuoyant tracery panels carved on both sides, each panel with 6 quatrefoils centred on 2 flower heads. The framework mortice and tenoned, with joiner’s mitres (pegs replaced with a single dowel), with moulded rails and stiles (along the inner face). Each panel has a more weathered ‘exterior’ face, with evidence of a metal catch on the outer edge (a mortice and the remains of iron nails). The inner stile on each has varied nail holes. The condition of the inner stile and bottom rail on each panel is noticeably better that the outer one, and these might have been replaced, though it might be explained by their having occupied a more protected position. The top (inner) rail of each panel has a horizontal, rectangular mortice and double peg holes angled from below to hold a tenon (missing). No traces of paint found.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"oak","id":"AAT12264"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Oak with carved tracery","categories":[{"text":"Woodwork","id":"THES48877"},{"text":"Architectural fittings","id":"THES48994"},{"text":"Household objects","id":"THES48939"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AG9782","2017JY9469","2017KE2159"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES341720"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES341720"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Traceried panelling","id":""}],[{"text":"Traceried panelling","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"France","id":"x28849"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably"},{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1500-1530","earliest":"1500-01-01","latest":"1530-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"187","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"48.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Each panel","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Panel sight size 50 x 31.5; 51.5 x 33cm, actual size approx. and approx. 1.8cm thick (3/4\")","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought from Messrs. Millar Son &amp; Co, 46 Pall Mall, London SW\r\nFor £15 15s (the pair). Bought at a sale held on the 18th December 1900, at Sutton Palace, Guildford, Surrey.\r\nRP 33441/1900, see also 33477/1900\r\n\nCondition: 1974 Badly cracked and damaged; 1974A Cracked; much worn and repaired\r\n\n\n","historicalContext":"See Margaret Wood, The English Medieval House (London, 1965), pp.143-147","briefDescription":"Screen panels, probably from Sutton Palace, Surrey, oak tracery, France or possibly England, 1525-1530","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Charles Tracy, English Medieval Furniture and Woodwork (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1988) cat. no. 286\n\r\n'Two Portions of Panelling; carved in openwork with three panels of flamboyant tracery carved on both sides, the framework moulded (PL. 100).\r\nFrom Sutton Place, Guildford\r\nOak, Early 16th century\r\n198 x 48.3 cm (1974), 50.8 cm (1974a).\r\nMus. No. 1974 &amp; 1974A -1900\r\nPossibly Continental'.\r\n"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Richard Marks and Paul Williamson (eds.), Gothic - Art for England, 1400 - 1547. (London, V &amp; A Publications, 2003), cat.no. 151, p. 288 (catalogue entry by Charles Tracy):\r\n\n\"Sutton Place, Guildford (Surrey), from where these panels are supposed to have come, was built in the mid 1520s by Sir Richard Weston (Harrison 1888).  He was a faithful officer of Henry VIII, and is distinguished by having retained the king's affections throughout his reign.  In 1518 he was appointed as on of the embassy sent to France, and in 1520 he took part at the meeting with Francis I, known as the Field of Cloth of Gold.  In 1523 he served in the French War under the Duke of Suffolk.  Two years later he was made treasurer of the town and marches of Calais.  Weston's eclectic continental taste is evident in the architecture of his house.  \r\n\r\n\"From the style of these panels, it is clear that they were either imported or made by a denizened foreign craftsman.  The tracery is French, rather than Flemish, and can be seen in muted form on French chests in England (Tracy 2001, pls. 122-3).  Adapted to a different medium, it recalls the flickering incandescence of the northern French Flamboyant style, as is typified by the early sixteenth-century portion of the west front of Rouen Cathedral.\"\r\n\r\n\r\nTracy suggests that the screens came from an internal screen. Hall screens as described by Wood (below) all tend to be much less refined, and even when built in the 16th century fairly traditional. One of their purposes was to limit draughts in a busy area, so highly refined, pierced panels would not perhaps be appropriate. However, the evidence on the panels that they were fitted with some kind of catch at about waist height, and the empty mortices in the top (?) rails suggest that another possible origin is that they might have served as part of an internal porch (possibly as return walls joined above head-height by another horizontal panel)."},{"reference":{"text":"Marks, R & Williamson, P. (Eds.), <i>Gothic. 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Since the style of the tracery, the panels may have been imported or made in England by a foreign craftsman.\r\n\r\nOak\r\nProbably from Sutton Place, Guilford, Surrey\r\nV&A:1974 and 1974A-1900\r\nCat. 151","date":{"text":"2003","earliest":"2003-01-01","latest":"2003-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["1974-1900","1974A-1900"],"accessionNumberNum":"1974","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1900,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Traceried panelling [1]","Traceried panelling [2]"],"assets":["2019LN5753","2019LT4966","2019LW9160","2019LW2204"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-09-17","recordCreationDate":"2003-10-06","availableToBook":true}}