Caryatid
Caryatid
Caryatid
Caryatid
Caryatid

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A caryatid representing a young woman holding a branch of laurel. She may represent loyalty. She wears a tight-fitting stomacher buttoned up the front with an open neck and lace collar; padded shoulders with full-length pleated sleeves and lace cuffs; and a neatly slashed French-style farthingale. Most of her hair is missing but sufficient survives to indicate that the hairstyle was similar to comparable caryatids from contemporary overmantels elsewhere in Devon. They all have a central parting from which the hair is combed upwards to produce horn-like or upstanding waves, then fall in waving tresses, a fashion peculiar to Italian hairdressing of about 1600–1605. This piece originated from Berry Pomeroy Castle.

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Exeter

Title

Caryatid

Date

16th C

Medium

plaster

Measurements

H 140 x W 45 x D 13 cm

Accession number

305/1997/PL50

Acquisition method

transferred by archaeological contractors

Work type

Sculpture

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