Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Plaster cast of King and Queen Column (Royal Portal Chartres Cathedral)

PC/031
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.

Original: Also known as the Porte Royale, the West Portal was carved by 1150. The sculptures and reliefs were modelled on those in the triple west portal at St. Denis and at Chartres Cathedral.

Plaster cast of arabesque strap hinges depicting foliage and animals

PC/085
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Tree of scrolling stylised branches with animals and birds. Original: Biscornet, c1300. Wrought iron. Original currently in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France.

Plaster cast of arabesque strap hinges depicting foliage and animals (Version 1)

PC/085/v1
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of arabesque strap hinges depicting foliage and animals (Version 2)

PC/085/v2
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of arabesque strap hinges depicting foliage and animals (Version 3)

PC/085/v3
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of decorated pilaster capital, possibly from Erechtheion

PC/096
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Phidias, 400 BC. Marble. Possibly from Erectheion, the temple dedicated to Athena on the Acropolis. Stylised forms of nature. Athens, Greece.

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Plaster cast of decorated pilaster capital, possibly from Erechtheion (Version 1)

PC/096/v1
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of decorated pilaster capital, possibly from Erechtheion (Version 2)

PC/096/v2
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of classical entablature comprising architrave, frieze and cornice

PC/100
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Shows stylised natural forms.

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Plaster cast of classical entablature comprising architrave, frieze and cornice (Version 1)

PC/100/v1
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of classical entablature comprising architrave, frieze and cornice (Version 2)

PC/100/v2
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of classical entablature comprising architrave, frieze and cornice (Version 3)

PC/100/v3
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of decorative capital

PC/102
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of fragment of window arch

PC/105
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Part of larger scale arch, decorated with two stylised leaves.

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Plaster cast of paired Corinthian capitals

PC/107
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Capitals of corinthian style. Paired capitals and columns most commonly used in colonnades.

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Plaster cast of paired Corinthian capitals (Version 1)

PC/107/v1
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of paired Corinthian capitals (Version 2)

PC/107/v2
Part
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/109
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/110
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of capital with scroll ornament

PC/113
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears illegible maker's stamp.

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Plaster cast of capital with foliage ornament

PC/114
Item
Mid 19th century to 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Annotated "13E".

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/119
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of section of cornice with bands of ornament

PC/125
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Ornament including bands of egg and darts enrichment.

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment with foliage

PC/126
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Annotated "F. Meacci" and "No55 Original".

Meacci, F

Plaster cast of fragment of base of column with laurel leaf decoration

PC/134
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears possible illegible maker's stamp (overpainted).

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment with foliage ornament

PC/137
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Top of capital with branches and spiked leaf adornment.

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Plaster cast of Corinthian capital with stylised acanthus

PC/139
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

The Corinthian order is the most richly carved of all the orders. According to the architectural historian Vitruvius, the column was created by the sculptor Callimachus, probably an Athenian, who drew acanthus leaves growing around a votive basket. Annotated "R. 24D".

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Plaster casts of double capital with stylised ornamentation

PC/140
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of cornice frieze decorated with bands of ornament and masks

PC/141A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Ovolo ornamentation, with a metope engraved with masks.

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Plaster cast of cornice frieze decorated with bands of ornament and masks

PC/141B
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Ovolo ornamentation, with a metope engraved with masks.

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Plaster cast of section of entablature

PC/148
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Entablature with egg and dart enrichment and a series of small masks.

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment with leaf

PC/150
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment with egg and tongue moulding

PC/151
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears illegible maker's stamp.

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Plaster cast of spandrel

PC/152
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, London, UK.

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/153
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/154
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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Plaster cast of section of pilaster with vase, foliage and putti

PC/158
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Tullio Lombardo, c1851. Venice, Italy. Annotated ""Tullio Lombardo." and "205".

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Plaster cast of section of architrave with vines and eagle in clipeus

PC/159
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1452. Bronze. Gates of Paradise, Baptistry di San Giovanni, Florence, Italy. Currently in the collection of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy. In 2019, this item was conserved and now includes a central fragment, which was originally catalogued as a separate cast (PC/187).

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