the abolition of 1660 until today. until 1660 of abolition the

from flourished has which bureaucracy ministerial the for appropriate seems parchment or wood folded The

amounts of linenfold carved into the ubiquitous panels of the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Commons. of House the and Lords of House the of panels ubiquitous the into carved linenfold of amounts

rooms of high profile buildings. The rebuild of the Palace of Westminster/ Houses of Parliament saw large large saw Parliament of Houses Westminster/ of Palace the of rebuild The buildings. profile high of rooms

During the gothic revival of the 18th century linenfold was again adopted and brought into the innermost innermost the into brought and adopted again was linenfold century 18th the of revival gothic the During

to the farmers and people who lived on the land. the on lived who people and farmers the to ) King the of vassals were

tenants in chief, lords, barons and knights who who knights and barons lords, chief, in tenants ( nobility the from transfer power the signified this masses,

It was around the time of the abolition that linenfold started to become popular with with popular become to started linenfold that abolition the of time the around was It commons. the to

. Wealth and land were redistributed; taken from lords and given given and lords from taken redistributed; were land and Wealth . 1660 Act Abolition Tenures the with England

From the 14th century Land owners rights had slowly declined, finally resulting in their legal abolition in in abolition legal their in resulting finally declined, slowly had rights owners Land century 14th the From

panels that would often have been carved with linenfold as well as finer carvings. finer as well as linenfold with carved been have often would that panels

relationships. Chests, presses, settles and chairs were joined using a framing technique. The frames held held frames The technique. framing a using joined were chairs and settles presses, Chests, relationships.

entire house holds, furniture and all, between their lands and each other's lands to enforce status and build build and status enforce to lands other's each and lands their between all, and furniture holds, house entire

An Exhibition by Hannah Regel and Esme Toler Esme and Regel Hannah by Exhibition An

movable. Noble landowners would move move would landowners Noble movable. - semi or moveable be to manufactured was furniture time this At

SPECTRACIDE

Linenfold was witness to this clandestine culture of oppression and sexism. and oppression of culture clandestine this to witness was Linenfold gender.

erences in class or or class in erences ff di despite words trade and confide could people passing where conference;

assignments from within the folded walls. In large households of nobility, Hallways were places of discrete discrete of places were Hallways nobility, of households large In walls. folded the within from assignments

chambers/sleeping quarters rather than in public or shared spaces. She would hold council and issue issue and council hold would She spaces. shared or public in than rather quarters chambers/sleeping

‘wavy wooden’ walls. For a woman at this time important meetings and engagements would be held in her her in held be would engagements and meetings important time this at woman a For walls. wooden’ ‘wavy

uent would almost certainly be subject to the the to subject be certainly almost would uent ffl a the of quarters sleeping The linenfold. in clad been have

used as insulation and also to signify wealth and importance. The most significant and well used rooms would would rooms used well and significant most The importance. and wealth signify to also and insulation as used

Gothic period linenfold panelling clad the innermost chambers and hallways of important buildings, it was was it buildings, important of hallways and chambers innermost the clad panelling linenfold period Gothic

The perpendicular lines of linenfold echoed the stone tracery work used in gothic architecture. During the the During architecture. gothic in used work tracery stone the echoed linenfold of lines perpendicular The

organic substances from the centre to the periphery of the tree. the of periphery the to centre the from substances organic

suitable for carving. Medullary rays are essential for the radial conduction of the water, minerals and other other and minerals water, the of conduction radial the for essential are rays Medullary carving. for suitable

give the timber an extra strength making it it making strength extra an timber the give ) flecks pale ( rays Medullary timber; straight strong, provide

. Oak tress tress Oak . oak from made always almost was , wainscoting or panelling Wood wood”. "wavy meaning undulatum

lignum lignum was name contemporary the century; 19th early the in connoisseurs antiquarian by style decorative

in the 14th to 16th centuries. The name was applied to the the to applied was name The centuries. 16th to 14th the in Europe Northern across widespread became

, the style style the , Flanders from Originally parchment. or linen folded imitating carving relief of style a is Linenfold

Linenfold You purchase an anti-age serum online which hypnotises the cells in your face so that they get caught in a temporal loop and forget their natural trajectories. The side effects you experience are dizziness and intestinal heat, like a burning. 2. 5. A cow does not stop lactating and becomes sick. She incorporates imperial architectures into her 4. gut, which churns the nauseous non-time of capitalist production into butter and cream. Lashings 6. 4. of butter and cream!

Our house of infinite rooms is the sick cow’s stomach on fire. Tripe walls burnished by bilious 3. flames, carved into stiff pleats, or cream peaks, folded as the linenfold panels of parliamentary anatomy. A bureaucratic tripe!

With cells coded to permanent productivity, the sick cow, haemorrhaging milk, feels dizziness and 2. intestinal heat. We suckle on her feverishly, our convulsing industrial wet-nurse. Full of bitter milk we climb into her stomachs and she leaks the bitter into us. Her gut is a crucible carved with the insignia of empire (swelling hellhole). 1. The sick cow can’t see danger but she registers it in heat. Her belly turmoil mirrors a wider struggle: an intestine war which tears apart the body politic so that organic unity can never be re- membered. 1. Esme Toler; Twelve to Twenty Four Hours; earthenware ceramic She hosts the battle in her gut. A bitter leak through split gutter. Imperial fish slipping in the 2. Esme Toler; It Had Three Thinly Curved Legs; walnut and poplar silvery acid cream. 3. Esme Toler; Write it, read it, buy it and wear it; oak The fat on our tongues oxidises, turns rancid and sharp, as a lance that shoots down the throats of 4. Hannah Regel; What Transpires in the Field of a Body that is the Base of Her (lamp); the men. It tastes like a pitchfork with nails. The men vomit themselves up, and the ancient unfired terracotta, baby powder, light fixtures, wood varnish anatomies of government are metabolised back into her body, our house. 5. Hannah Regel; Cold With Joy, No Joy; aluminium, synthetic hair 6. Esme Toler; Early 18th century linenfold; oak Every gurgle of her gut is a war cry booming through the house, her cells forcing through walls, splattering onto the pavement a crowd of floorboards, ribs collapsed in shooting pain. Collected weapons.

www.zonamista.co.uk 4th-13th August 2017 Text by Bronte Dow With thanks to Rose Goddard and Bronte Dow