Not currently on display at the V&A

Panel

ca. 1868 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is a panel made by G. Berry in England in about 1867. The panel is inspired by a design by Lucas van Leyden. The panel won a £4 prize in the 1867 Society of Arts' Art-Workmanship Competition. In their Judges' Report, Richard Redgrave and M. Digby Wyatt singled it out as 'very good...somethings better than much we have seen upon pretentious specimens of furnitures.' Little is known of the artist.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Carved ivory
Brief description
Panel, ivory, engraved with arabesque motifs, by G. Berry, after a design by Lucas van Leyden, Britain, ca. 1868
Physical description
Ivory engraved with an Arabesque design after Lucas van Leyden
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.9cm
  • Width: 14cm
Object history
Bought for £2 from the artist in 1868.
Production
Arabesque design after Lucas van Leyden
Subject depicted
Summary
This is a panel made by G. Berry in England in about 1867. The panel is inspired by a design by Lucas van Leyden. The panel won a £4 prize in the 1867 Society of Arts' Art-Workmanship Competition. In their Judges' Report, Richard Redgrave and M. Digby Wyatt singled it out as 'very good...somethings better than much we have seen upon pretentious specimens of furnitures.' Little is known of the artist.
Bibliographic references
  • Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1868. List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1868, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., p. 79
  • Cf. Graham, Clare. 'A Noble Kind of Practice': The Society of Arts Art-Workmanship Competitions, 1863-71. The Burlington Magazine. June 1993, vol. 135, no. 1083
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 153
Collection
Accession number
865-1868

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Record createdAugust 26, 2008
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