This linenfold panel comes from the Oak Gallery at The Vyne, a 16th-century country house outside Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England.
It was built for Lord Sandys, King Henry VIII's Lord Chamberlain, and later passed to the Chute family.
The Oak Gallery retains its original Tudor decoration, notably its oak linenfold panelling which is dated about 1521 and which covers the whole of the walls. The panelling is embellished with carved emblems of the senior figures of the court of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon, to symbolise Lord Sandys' close relationship with the Tudor court.
Loading contexts...
