the Pipe and Tabor compendium

the Pipe and Tabor compendium

essays on the three-hole pipe
site search by freefind advanced

Europe: decorative arts

interior design

gallery contents
household items
1425-1450 1424-50 enamelled glass goblet, Belgium, page 77
1500 Lubeck, Germany: 'On the broad side of the larger silver knife of a set of daggers there is a minstrel with a one-handed flute and a drum, accompanied by a dancing dog. Length of the knife: 17 cm.'
unknown1500 underside of plate, Holland
vase 1759-68
Bowes Museum
close-up of taborer
1770's China1770's China, cup and saucer
vase 1770
V&A Museum
close-up of taborer
plate centre 1789
drum, 2 sticks and wind instrument?
France
print 1792 "A French family"
British Museum
mug 1800 -"A French family"
V&A Museum
 
1745-491745-49 plate decoration
France
18th century plate centre18th century plate centre, France
 
 
statuettes
ivoryivory, band member statuette
south Germany
date unknown statuetteunknown statuette
unknownunknown statuette
statuette FranceVictorian statuette, France
unknown datestatuette, USA
 
clocks
clocksource 18th century
no drumstick clockormolu clock date unknown
1800-18251800-1825 France
19th century clock19th century clock France

early 19th century clockearly 19th century clock

19th century clock19th century clock, France
1860's clock1860's France
 
clockunknown details 19th century clockclock missing pipe  
late 19th centurylate 19th century, France clock clock late 19th century clock  
19th centurydate unknown
clockclock missing pipe and drum-stick
late 19th/early 20th centurylate 19th/early 20th century, France
c.1860c.1860 France
c.1860
19th century
 19th century
19th century clock with musical instruments, France
 
boxes
1350-13701350-1370 leather-covered casket lid ,Netherlands
 14th cenrturyclose-up of taborer
leather boxleather-covered box [thanks to Terry Carter] date unknown
playerclose-up of taborer
unknown date1761 snuffbox lid, France:
 1761 close-up of taborer
 
wall decoration
16th century16th century wall painting on wood, Bramall Hall,
Greater Manchester, England
17371737 painting on wood, France  
tile vignette 1753
3-hole pipe (possibly) Germany


18th century tilestiles 18th century, Portugal


tiles 1760 Portugal
V&A Museum

ceramic tile 1770, Liverpool
British Museum

tiletile Catalonia, Spain
18th century tile18th century tile Catalonia

tiletile Catalonia

wall stucco decoration 18th c.
private house, Gloucestershire

wall stucco 1753
Christ Church Library, Oxford

 

wall painting 1737 France
[for other monkey paintings see
'ape iconography']

1790-18001790-1800 wallpaper, France

late 19th century
 late 19th century    
late 19th century plaster plate, Italy
 
floor tiles

floor tilesource Hermelingen Castle, France
 
automota

devised by Vaucanson France

  
18th century18th century automata musical bracket clock:
each musician with an articulated arm. London 		18th centuryclose-up of clock face taborer  
18901890 automaton moves head and both hands
accompanied by a single musical air, France
   
furniture
17601760 marquetry table France
 18801880 painted glass panel, England

 

 


top of page
©an on-going project with lots more to add Last modified 11 January, 2026