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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at Young V&A
Design Gallery, The Factory, Case 2

Fox and Chickens

Picture
1880-1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Florence (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

Categories
Hardstone
Mosaic
Woodwork
Object type
Picture
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Picture
  • Frame
TitleFox and Chickens
Materials and techniques
Pietre dure, coloured marble, gilt-wood frame
Hardstones
Marble
Gold
Wood
Pietre Dure
Setting
Gilding
Framing
Brief description
Rectangular pietre dure and coloured marble panel showing a farm scene with a fox, 1880-99.
Physical description
Rectangular pietre dure and coloured marble panel showing a farm scene with a fox (who has just eaten an egg) looking at a pair of chickens in a henhouse. The plaque is within a rectangular gilt frame.
Dimensions
  • Height: 355mm
  • Width: 255mm
  • Panel only, without frame weight: 2.15kg
  • Depth: 60mm
  • Weight: O.697kg
21.07.2022
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: Amadeo de Castro, Rome, 1969.
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.
Bibliographic references
  • 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. no. 13.
  • Massinelli, Anna Maria with contributions by Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel. Hardstones: The Gilbert Collection. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with The Gilbert Collection, 2000. 329 p., ill. Cat. no. 70, p. 168. ISBN 0856675105.
Other numbers
  • MM 34 - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • MM 19 - Arthur Gilbert Number
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.906:1-2008

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Record createdJune 26, 2008
Record URL
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