Floral ornament from pilaster
Panel
ca. 1851 (made)
ca. 1851 (made)
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Ornamental Panels cast from architecural components of Santa Maria de' Miracoli in Venice.
The cast is one of 6 taken from the early Renaissance church in Venice - Santa Maria de' Miracoli. These casts were part of an extensive assemblage of 487 such fragments purchased in 1851, among the earliest casts acquired by the museum as "a collection originally made for the use of Schools of Design under the Direction of the Board of Trade". Later in the 1850s, when the collection was moved to South Kensington, the casts were supplemented with composite photographs of other, related pilasters, and around 1900 such casts were being displayed alongside photographs showing fuller views of the buildings from which the details were taken.
The cast is one of 6 taken from the early Renaissance church in Venice - Santa Maria de' Miracoli. These casts were part of an extensive assemblage of 487 such fragments purchased in 1851, among the earliest casts acquired by the museum as "a collection originally made for the use of Schools of Design under the Direction of the Board of Trade". Later in the 1850s, when the collection was moved to South Kensington, the casts were supplemented with composite photographs of other, related pilasters, and around 1900 such casts were being displayed alongside photographs showing fuller views of the buildings from which the details were taken.
Object details
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| Title | Floral ornament from pilaster |
| Materials and techniques | plaster cast |
| Brief description | Floral ornamental panels cast from architectural components of Santa Maria de' Miracoli in Venice |
| Physical description | floral ornaments from a pilaster |
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| Object history | Ornamental Panels cast from architecural components of Santa Maria de' Miracoli in Venice. The cast is one of 6 taken from the early Renaissance church in Venice - Santa Maria de' Miracoli. These casts were part of an extensive assemblage of 487 such fragments purchased in 1851, among the earliest casts acquired by the museum as "a collection originally made for the use of Schools of Design under the Direction of the Board of Trade". Later in the 1850s, when the collection was moved to South Kensington, the casts were supplemented with composite photographs of other, related pilasters, and around 1900 such casts were being displayed alongside photographs showing fuller views of the buildings from which the details were taken. |
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| Summary | Ornamental Panels cast from architecural components of Santa Maria de' Miracoli in Venice. The cast is one of 6 taken from the early Renaissance church in Venice - Santa Maria de' Miracoli. These casts were part of an extensive assemblage of 487 such fragments purchased in 1851, among the earliest casts acquired by the museum as "a collection originally made for the use of Schools of Design under the Direction of the Board of Trade". Later in the 1850s, when the collection was moved to South Kensington, the casts were supplemented with composite photographs of other, related pilasters, and around 1900 such casts were being displayed alongside photographs showing fuller views of the buildings from which the details were taken. |
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| Accession number | REPRO.1851-464 |
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| Record created | March 13, 2008 |
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