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editIvory gravoir
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Ivory gravoir |
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An ivory gravoir or hair parter. It is cream-coloured with traces of brown stain. The gravoir is carved to conform to the bend of the tusk from which it is carved. It is carved with a scene of a couple embracing, possibly Tristan and Isolde. He lifts his hand to caress her face. He wears a short tunic and belt with a deep gole over his shoulders and she is dressed in a long gown. |
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| Depicted people | Tristan & Isolde | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 14th century AD | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Ivory | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | H 19.5 x W 2.5 x D 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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MG 018 |
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| Object history | File of material relating to a gravoir or hair parter. Includes photocopy of information card with photocopy of image of object (date unspecified); Hunt Museum object comment sheet (25 April 1996) containing comments made about object by John Cherry, British Museum. Dates object to the fourteenth century and attributes it to northwestern Europe. Also comments that the lovers depicted on the object are not necessarily Tristan and Isolde; black and white photographs of the gravoir and similar object, as well as photocopies of the same photographs (date unspecified); photocopy of extract from publication by Dean Porter entitled ‘Ivory Carving in Later Medieval England, 1200-1400’ (Ann Arbor: UMI, 1977). Comprises description of present object and names the lovers depicted as Tristan and Isolde, as suggested to John Hunt, Senior, by Hans Swarzenski; photocopy of extract from unidentified publication [c. 1997] which comprises review by William D. Wrixon, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, of ‘Images of Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age’ recently at the Detroit Institute of Arts and now at the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland. Review mentions gravoirs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Hunt Museum | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source | https://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/ivory-gravoir-or-hair-parter/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Public Domain via Hunt Museum | ||||||||||||||||||||
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