Case
1808 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
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
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Leather |
| Brief description | Pietre dure set: Case. Probably Real Laboratorio, Naples, 1808. |
| Physical description | Original leather case for parure consisting of necklace, comb, tiara and earrings, all set with lapis lazuli plaques inset with shells and pearls in pietre dure mosaic. |
| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| 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. |
| Associated objects | |
| Other number | 1996.850.1 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.169-2008 |
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| Record created | July 24, 2008 |
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