Caption

Furniture panel, Gothic, late 15th century, France. Fragment of furniture, bas-relief panel in the shape of an elongated standing rectangle height 73 cm, width 25.4 cm, depth 2.3 cm. Oak. Decoration: acanthus twig on a twisted stem with acorns at the top and a lizard at the bottom, enclosed in a pointed arch, flanked by slender columns with prominent pentagonal bases. Decoration enclosed in a rectangular frame made of lines intersecting in the corners. Motifs: lizards, plant decoration, architectural elements, tracery., A vertically oriented carved wooden panel showing intricate openwork foliage and vine motifs with flowing curved stems and stylized leaves, all in a natural brown wood tone; the panel is divided down the center into two adjoining boards with a visible seam and matching carved patterns on each side, and the surface shows wood grain texture and areas of slight wear and darker brown shading in recessed areas.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_016

License type

Rights managed

Available size

70.3Mb (5.4Mb) / 10.0in x 27.3in / 3001 x 8185 (300dpi)

Keywords

Furniture panel Gothic late 15th century France Fragment furniture bas-relief panel shape elongated standing rectangle height 73 cm width 25.4 cm depth 2.3 cm Oak Decoration acanthus twig twisted stem acorns top lizard bottom enclosed pointed arch flanked slender columns prominent pentagonal bases Decoration enclosed rectangular frame lines intersecting corners Motifs lizards plant decoration architectural elements tracery vertically oriented carved wooden panel showing intricate openwork foliage vine motifs flowing curved stems stylized leaves natural brown wood tone panel divided down center two adjoining boards visible seam matching carved patterns side surface wood grain texture areas slight wear darker brown shading recessed areas.