Not currently on display at the V&A

Vase of flowers

Picture
mid 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Rome (made)

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.


Object details

Category
Metalwork
Object type
Picture
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Picture
  • Frame
TitleVase of flowers
Materials and techniques
Micromosaic
Mosaic Glass
Micromosaic
Brief description
Mosaic Picture, Still Life of Flowers, Rome, 1850.
Physical description
Mosaic Picture, Still Life of Flowers
Dimensions
  • Height: 61.8cm
  • Width: 54.3cm
  • Of frame height: 80cm
  • Of frame width: 72cm
  • Of frame depth: 9cm
Gallery label
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: Florence Goldman, New York.
Summary
Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Sherman, Anthony C. The Gilbert Mosaic Collection. Edited by M. Barbara Scheibel. West Haven, Connecticut: Pendulum Press, 1971, pp. 22-23, pls. V-VI.
  • Gabriel, Jeanette Hanisee with contributions by Anna Maria Massinelli and essays by Judy Rudoe and Massimo Alfieri. Micromosaics: The Gilbert Collection. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with The Gilbert Collection, 2000. 310 p., ill. Cat. no. 89, pp. 156-157. ISBN 0856675113.
  • Avery, Charles, assisted by Arthur Emperatori. Mosaics from the Gilbert Collection: summary catalogue. Exhibition catalogue Victoria & Albert Museum. London: H.M.S.O. 1975, cat. nos. 1, 2.
  • Gonzalez-Palacios, Alvar. The Art of Mosaics: Selections from the Gilbert Collection. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1977. 143 p., ill. Cat. noS. 75, 76. ISBN 0875870805.
  • Gonzalez-Palacios, Alvar and Steffi Röttgen with essays by Steffi Röttgen, Claudia Przyborowski; essays and new catalogue material translated by Alla Theodora Hall. The Art of Mosaics: Selections from the Gilbert Collection. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1982. 224 p., ill. Cat. nos. 82, 83. ISBN 0875871097
  • Alfieri, Massimo, Maria Grazia Branchetti and Guido Cornini. Mosaici Minuti Romani del 700 et dell'800. Exhibition catalogue. Rome: Edizioni del mosaico, 1986, figs. 10, 12.
Other number
MM 1B
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.112:1, 2-2008

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Record createdJune 26, 2008
Record URL
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