Appliqué Figure

Date:: ca. 1220–40

Geography:: Made in Limoges, France

Culture:: French

Medium:: Copper: repoussé, chased, engraved, scraped, stippled, gilt; blue-black and turquoise glass beads

Dimensions:: Overall: 6 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 7/8in. (16.8 x 4.9 x 2.3cm)

Classification:: Metalwork-Copper

Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number:: 17.190.789

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1913); Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan(1913–1917)

Paris. Musée du Louvre. "L'Oeuvre de Limoges," October 23, 1995–January 22, 1996.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Enamels of Limoges, 1100-1350," January 22, 1996–June 16, 1996.

Taburet-Delahaye, Elisabeth, and Barbara Drake Boehm, ed. L'Oeuvre de Limoges: Emaux limousins du Moyen Age. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1995. no. 97, p. 297.

Boehm, Barbara Drake, and Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye, ed. Enamels of Limoges, 1100-1350. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996. no. 96, p. 297.

Timelines
France, 1000–1400 A.D.

Enamels of Limoges, 1100–1350

Department

Medieval Art (7,125)

Object Type / Material

Geographic Location

Date / Era

A.D. 1000–1400 (6,977)

Tabernacle of Cherves

Date: ca. 1220–1230 Medium: Copper (plaques): engraved, scraped, stippled, and gilt; (appliqués): repoussé, chased, engraved, scraped, and gilt; champlevé enamel: medium blue, turquoise, medium green, yellow, red, and white, modern wood mount Accession: 17.190.735 On view in:Gallery 304

Three Figures

Date: ca. 1200 Medium: Copper: repoussé, chased, engraved, scraped, stippled, gilt;blue-black glass beads glass Accession: 17.190.790 On view in:Gallery 304

Chasse with the Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty

Date: ca. 1180–90 Medium: Copper: engraved, chiseled, stippled, and gilt; champlevé enamel: dark, medium, and light blue; turquoise, dark and light green, yellow, red, and white; wood core, painted red on exterior Accession: 17.190.514 On view in:Gallery 304

Equestrian Plaque

Date: ca. 1220 Medium: Copper (plaque): engraved, stippled, and gilt; (appliqué): repoussé, engraved, chased, scraped, stippled, and gilt; champlevé enamel: dark, medium, and light blue; dark translucent and light green, yellow, red and white; blue-black glass beads Accession: 17.190.854 On view in:Gallery 304

Plaque with Saint Peter in Glory

Date: ca. 1185–1200 Medium: Copper (plaque): chased, engraved, stippled, and gilt; (appliqué): repoussé, engraved, chased, scraped, stippled and gilt; champlevé enamel: medium and light blue, turquoise, green, yellow, red, and white; dark blue and turquoise glass beads Accession: 17.190.779 On view in:Gallery 304