Tucked away in a corner at St Eustachius, Tavistock there’s a piper carved in wood.
He’s presumably a survivor from medieval or 16 century bench ends that were replaced in the 19th century.
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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
#Medieval
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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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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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#ArtNouveau
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)
#HelenWhittaker
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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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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