The Virgin Mary is crowned by Christ in the centre of this wood carving in a quatrefoil frame. Two angels support the frame. Two angels swing censers above the frame to left & right.

A censing angel.

A censing angel.

Coronation of the Virgin (detail)
c 1295-1300

A 700 year old pine wood carving that has been painted, silvered & gilded

I really like the flying #angels with censers

Originally in parish church of Villeneuve (Aosta)

Now in Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy

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A wooden font cover, topped by a carved dove.

Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff.

A wooden font cover, topped by a carved dove. Symbol of the Holy Spirit.

Carved in the early 1950s by sculptor & wood carver Alan Durst.

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A wooden font cover of c.1500, with tracery, pinnacles, foliage & crockets.

Cathedral of St Nicholas,
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear

An elaborate wooden font cover of c.1500.

I am impressed by the intricate 500 year old carving.

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Look at the concentration on the face of this mother picking nits from her daughter's hair

15th century Misericord from the Harry Hems collection on display Royal Albert Museum Exeter.

📷 from visit in 2023

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A wooden panel with medieval wood carving. In the centre the Virgin Mary is crowned by Christ, with two angels holding candles. Above are two angels swinging censers & below are two angels holding up the quatrefoil frame.

One of the two angels swinging a censer.

One of the two angels swinging a censer.

Coronation of the Virgin (detail)
c. 1295-1300 CE

Over 725 years old! 🤔
I like the flying angels with censers.

Carved pine wood - painted, silvered & gilded.

Originally in parish church of Villeneuve (Aosta)

Now in Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy

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A carved wooden unicorn on a bench end.

All Saints Church, Honington, Suffolk

A #unicorn on a 15th Century bench.

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A face carved on a bench end at St Eustachius, Tavistock, Devon.

Most of the bench ends date from the restoration in 1844-5.

I’m not sure about this one!

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Pelican feeding its young in the nest, with dragon/devil like creatures to left & right.

Cathedral of St Nicholas,
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear

“Pelican in its piety”, with devil/dragon like creatures.

Choir stalls & misericords by cathedral architect R J Johnson & carved by Ralph Hadley -1882.

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Font cover in foreground, with view down the nave to the chancel.

Circular covering font, which rises to a dome with a pinnacle.

A carved mouse, originally the trademark of Robert "Mouseman" Thompson.

St Andrew’s Church, Roker, Sunderland

A font cover of 1965 by Thompson of Kilburn, here perpetuating the carved mouse of Robert "Mouseman" Thompson (1876 – 1955).

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Jacobean pulpit with foliage around rectangular panels, St Pancras Chirch, Exeter. It was among the items brought to St Pancras when Allhallows in Goldsmith Street was demolished in 1906,

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Wooden models of Sargent, Hemy & the dog with the portrait on an easel. All the figures move when a handle is turned.

“After 3 Long Days - the Final Touch”
Automaton
Keith Newstead

The mainly wooden automaton shows the painters - John Singer Sargent, Charles Napier Hemy & Hemy's terrier, Bobbie.

In Falmouth Art Gallery.

#Art #Automata #SingerSargent
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🧵 1/2 (see 👇 for painting)

Carved bench end, St Andrew’s church Ashburton, Devon . Not sure of the date
? Nineteenth century?

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Poppyhead bench end with two faces - one upside down on top of the other.

Yes, there can be some amazing medieval work. What was going through the wood carvers mind with this example from Ufford, Cambridgeshire?
I envy your skill. 😊

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Carved wooden figures playing a harp & cymbals.

Cathedral of St Nicholas,
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear

“You can almost hear the music” 🎶🎶🎶

Choir stalls & misericords by cathedral architect R J Johnson & carved by Ralph Hadley -1882.

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Medieval Misericord, Exeter Cathedral.

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King Alfred on his horse chasing the boar.

A detail of King Alfred.

The hunting scene with the men on horseback & their dogs chasing the boar through the forest.

The Boar Hunt -1879
Lime wood
Gerrard Robinson

King Alfred hunting a Wild Boar in a #Victorian carving.

The depiction of legends from history was common in art, but wood carving was less popular by the late 1870s

Now Laing Art Gallery,
Newcastle, Tyne and Wear

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Three-leaf door 1897 Mahogany, beech, and relief glass Dining table Circa 1898 Oak and mahogany

Detail of Three-leaf door 1897 Mahogany, beech, and relief glass

Dining table Circa 1898 Oak and mahogany

Three-leaf door - 1897
Mahogany, beech & relief glass

Dining table - c. 1898
Oak & mahogany

Designer of both - Paul Hankar

Now @museeorsay.bsky.social , #Paris

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15th century octagonal pulpit at St Mary’s,Berry Pomeroy, Devon.

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A wine glass style hexagonal pulpit in the foreground. Behind is the chancel beyond the rood screen. The east window is of the St Margarets to which the church is dedicated - St Margaret of Scotland & St Margaret of Antioch.

👀 Church of St Margarets,
Burnham Norton, #Norfolk

• Rood screen of 1458. Restored by Howard Brown in 1953, when it received new coving.
• Perpendicular pulpit of 1450. It shows the Doctors of the Church & donors. Painting restored in 1973 by Pauline Plummer.

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Look out! The fox has grabbed the grey goose by the neck and is away to his den oh. Medieval misericords SS Peter, Paul & Thomas) Bovey Tracey,

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Carved in wood, a very thin Christ lies limp on the cross. Red & gold garment. Bearded & with a crown.

Christ from a Descent from the Cross
Burgundian sculptor
C. 1100 - 1150 CE

A deeply moving religious work &/or rare masterpiece of French #Romanesque art

An amazing survival, with some restoration. Similar to work in #Volterra👇

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, #Pisa

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Churchyard gate with timber framed two storey Guildhall.

Wooden angle-post with a carving of the Angel Gabriel.

Guildhall of St Mary, #Eye #Suffolk

Late 15th Century #medieval, timber framed, with upper oriel windows.

Restored 1875, when much of the carving was re-cut.

The angle-post has a medieval (or is it Victorian?) carving of the Angel Gabriel.

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Here be dragons.

Late 19th century bench end, St Mary Magdalene Church, Launceston, Cornwall.

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👀 #Beverley Minster #Yorkshire

3 of the components of the
“Pilgrimage” installation (2004)
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The stonework of the retro-choir frames the Oak benches & kneelers. The candle holder is lit by the shadows of the stained glass window.

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Oak benches & kneelers, shaped to fit into the retro-quire.

Close-up of oak benches & kneelers.

The shadows from the stained glass, link to the candle stand & the oak kneelers.

👀 #Beverley Minster #Yorkshire

Oak benches & kneelers.

“Pilgrimage” (2004)
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This was the medieval site of the tomb of St John of Beverley. So the brief was to create a 2004 interpretation on the theme of 12th Century “Pilgrimage”.

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A musical angel from St Andrew’s, South Tawton.

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Church of All Saints, #Carshalton, #London

Font cover by Ninian Comper.

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It’s always good to revisit this wonderfully carved Tudor oak cupboard front at Cotehele. @CoteheleNT I notice new details every time. This year it was the musician’s harp that caught my eye.

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A carved wooden angel playing a stringed instrument.

👀 Church of St Werburgh, Wembury #Devon

A beautiful musical angel.

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The detail of the late 19th century carvings of animals, fish and foliage on bench ends and choir stalls in St Mary Magdalene, Launceston is exceptional.

Here’s a crocodile!

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