Choir Stall
- Title:
- Choir Stall
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Donor:
- Taylor, Myron Charles, 1874-1959
Taylor, Myron, Mrs.
- Date:
- ca. 1500
- Location:
- Anabel Taylor Hall. Chapel, West side of apse, Cornell University
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0736
- Accession Number:
- W84-150.6
- File Name:
- artsdb_0736.jpg
- Culture:
- North Italian
- Style/Period:
- Tyrolian
- Work Type:
- choir stalls
- Materials/Techniques:
- Carved wood
Polychromed in red and blue - Subject:
- Taylor, Myron Charles, 1874-1959
Taylor, Myron, Mrs. - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- "A very fine choir stall in carved wood, polychromed in red and blue. North Italian work of art, Tyrolian influence circa 1500. It consists of four seats
the back panels are delicately carved with designs of the Gothic type. The dome shows an inscription beneath an openwork frieze representing foliage and bearing busts of angels holding coats of arms, executed with charming realism." Sign. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Taylor. - Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.