Small Boule Cabinet, French, about 1750 with Gilt Bronze Group, with Pedestal in Boule, French, about 1740
Photograph
1853
1853
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In 1853, Charles Thurston Thompson, the first Official Photographer of the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A), was commissioned to photograph a loan exhibition of furniture at Gore House, London. It was the first of many photographic campaigns documenting temporary loan exhibitions that were to become a hallmark of the Museum's photographic service.
Object details
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| Title | Small Boule Cabinet, French, about 1750 with Gilt Bronze Group, with Pedestal in Boule, French, about 1740 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Charles Thurston Thompson, 'Small Boule Cabinet, French, about 1750 with Gilt Bronze Group, with Pedestal in Boule, French, about 1740', from the series Furniture Exhibited at Gore House, albumen print, 1853 |
| Physical description | A sepia-coloured photograph mounted with 5 other photographs in a mount labelled 'Photographs of Furniture' |
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| Object history | Found in Furniture Section. |
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| Summary | In 1853, Charles Thurston Thompson, the first Official Photographer of the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A), was commissioned to photograph a loan exhibition of furniture at Gore House, London. It was the first of many photographic campaigns documenting temporary loan exhibitions that were to become a hallmark of the Museum's photographic service. |
| Associated object | 32684 (Version) |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of specimens of cabinet work exhibited at Gore House, Kensington. Great Britain: Dept. of Science & Art, 1853.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 33015 |
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| Record created | October 23, 2013 |
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