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early 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

Categories
Containers
Metalwork
Mosaic
Personal Accessories
Object type
Box
Materials and techniques
Carved tortoiseshell, chased gold and mosaic.
Tortoise Shell
Gold
Carving
Chasing
Brief description
Rectangular box with peasants bowling. Micromosaic, tortoiseshell and gold, Rome, early 19th century.
Physical description
Rectangular black box, the cover set with a mosaic depicting Italian peasants bowling within a chased gold band.
Dimensions
  • Width: 5.4cm
  • Length: 8cm
  • Height: 2.4cm
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: Jacques Kugel, Paris.
Subject depicted
Peasants
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
  • 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. no. 55. ISBN 0875871097
  • The Gilbert Mosaic Collection, Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1975 52d
  • Avery, Charles, assisted by Arthur Emperatori. Mosaics from the Gilbert Collection: summary catalogue. London : H.M.S.O., 1975 87
Other numbers
  • MM 122 - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • M.77.1.65 - LACMA
  • 1996.269 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
  • MIN 73 - Arthur Gilbert Number
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.482-2008

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Record createdJune 19, 2008
Record URL
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