A Groneman
Drawing
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Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- 7 days ago
- In this state since
- Sep 25, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
This record drawing shows part of the tiled floor of the church of the Cistercian Abbey of Escaladieu in the foothills of the Pyrenees. It was drawn by A. Groneman, ca. 1960, after a crayon drawing made in the early 20th century by an English visitor to the abbey.
In the early 20th century, when the original drawing was made, the abbey was the private residence of a local family and the abbey church was being used as a barn. A tick layer of dirt covered most of the floor; only part of one of the side chapels had been excavated and examined. Today, most of the floor still remains covered with dirt and unexplored.
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This drawing is an important archaeological record of the layout of the floor of the abbey. It provides a context for the tree tin-glazed earthenware tiles (C.9-2010, C.962-1922 and C.963) from the floor of the Abbey of Escaladieu that are held in the Ceramics collection, showing their possible position within the overall layout of the floor.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- E.622-2015
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
