A RARE PAIR OF ENGLISH OAK CHANCEL OR PARCLOSE SCREENS

A RARE PAIR OF ENGLISH OAK CHANCEL OR PARCLOSE SCREENS

POSSIBLY DEVON, C.1450-1500

of restrained Gothic design, each with five open divisions, with upper occuli and lancet-arched lights atop arched trefoils with paired flowerheads, the lower-section enclosed by panels and headed by a meandering leafy-carved rail (3)

204.3 x 130.6cm

Catalogue Note

See the V & A collection, London, for a screen centred by two doors of similar form and with comparable carved flowerhead from a Devonshire church, acc. no. 118A-1865.