Door
- Description
- Tudor houses were usually cold and draughty. Oak panelling helped to insulate rooms and keep out the draughts. The decoration on this panel is called linenfold. This example was from a wealthy merchant’s house in Exeter.
- Accession Loan No.
- 507/1987
- Collection Class
- Architectural fragments
- Common Name
- door
- Simple Name
- panel
- Full Name
- door, six panels of oak, in three registers
- Dimensions
- whole H 1840 mm; whole W 690 mm; whole TH 35 mm
- Period Classification
- Tudor (1500-1603)
- Production Year Low
- 1550
- Production Year High
- 1650
- Family Group
- Material
- wood
- Collection Site Name
- 229 High Street
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
