Reconstructed Interior of Fourteenth-century Hall (Penshurst, Kent). details |
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| Image title: | Reconstructed Interior of Fourteenth-century Hall (Penshurst, Kent). | |
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| Source: | Hartlet, Dorothy and Elliot, Margaret M.: “Life and Work of the People of England: The Fourteenth Century” (1929) | |
| Place shown: | Penshurst, Kent, England | |
| Keywords: | interiors, windows, halls, manors, people, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds | |
| Status: | copyright registered to Dorothy Hartley and Margaret M. Elliot | |
Notes: |
The lord and lady are dining on the daïs, the retainers grouped round the hearth. Notice the dog and the jester. From a model of the Great Hall at Penshurst. Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, New York. There are other pictures of this hall. |
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| Filename: | 004-Penshurst-q75-800x600.jpg | |
| Blog link: | http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Putnam-LifeAndWork-14th/pages/004-Penshurst//004-Penshurst-q75-500x375.jpg | |
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