Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two modern hinges.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy (blue, in the background).
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Two holes for suspension in the upper middle of each wing.
Hole in the upper left corner. Later hooks for hanging.
Comments
The silver lock may be original.
Provenance
Collection of Jacques-Amédée Lambert: his bequest to the Museum in 1850.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 187, 191, 294; II, no. 382.
On Jacques-Amédée Lambert, see: J.-F. Garmier, 'Le Goût du Moyen Âge chez les collectionneurs lyonnais du XIXe siècle', in Revue de l'Art 47 (1980), p. 57 (where he is erroneously called Jacques-Antoine).
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