Fragment of Mosaic Pavement

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This is a fragment of a mosaic pavement composed of tesserae of coloured marble embedded in grey cement. The portrions of the rectangular panels are filled in with tesserae of various colours bordered with bands of black and white, the angles are cut off and the triangular spaces so formed are filled in with red or brown tesserae.

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Category	Archaeology
Object type	Fragment of mosaic pavement
Materials and techniques	Coloured marble tesserae Marble Mosaic
Brief description	Fragment of mosaic pavement, coloured marble tesserae embedded in grey cement, Ancient Roman.
Physical description	Fragment of a pavement of mosaic, composed of tesserae of coloured marble embedded in grey cement. portions of the rectangular panels are filled in with tesserae of various colours bordered with bands of black and white, the angles being cut off and the triangular spaces so formed being filled in with red or brown tesserae.
Dimensions	Length: 11in Width: 10.75in
Style	Ancient Roman
Object history	Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Summary	This is a fragment of a mosaic pavement composed of tesserae of coloured marble embedded in grey cement. The portrions of the rectangular panels are filled in with tesserae of various colours bordered with bands of black and white, the angles are cut off and the triangular spaces so formed are filled in with red or brown tesserae.
Bibliographic reference	List of Works of Art acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum during the Year 1901. Jermyn Street Collection. Part III London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Wyman and Sons. 1904. pp.153
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	4661-1901

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Record created	May 27, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O236392/fragment-of-mosaic-unknown/

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