Mosaic
1871 (made)
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This is a mosaic executed by Salviati and Co. at Italy in 1871. The sections of ornament are probably from the narthex of the Cathedral of San Marco at Venice made in the 13th century.
Salviati (1816 - ca. 1890) was a lawyer from Vicenza, who became an entrepreneur in glass manufacture, opening his first glass factory and shop in Venice in 1859. In the early years he concentrated mainly on mosaic and glass tiles and in 1866 founded the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co Ltd. (as Salviati & C) with English capital and the backing of the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard and the antiquarian Sir William Drake.
Salviati (1816 - ca. 1890) was a lawyer from Vicenza, who became an entrepreneur in glass manufacture, opening his first glass factory and shop in Venice in 1859. In the early years he concentrated mainly on mosaic and glass tiles and in 1866 founded the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co Ltd. (as Salviati & C) with English capital and the backing of the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard and the antiquarian Sir William Drake.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Mosaic |
| Brief description | Mosaic, panel probably from the original in the Cathedral of San Marco, Venice, Executed by Salviati and Co., at Venice, 1871 |
| Physical description | Mosaic panel of interwining circles and other geometric ornament. |
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| Summary | This is a mosaic executed by Salviati and Co. at Italy in 1871. The sections of ornament are probably from the narthex of the Cathedral of San Marco at Venice made in the 13th century. Salviati (1816 - ca. 1890) was a lawyer from Vicenza, who became an entrepreneur in glass manufacture, opening his first glass factory and shop in Venice in 1859. In the early years he concentrated mainly on mosaic and glass tiles and in 1866 founded the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co Ltd. (as Salviati & C) with English capital and the backing of the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard and the antiquarian Sir William Drake. |
| Bibliographic reference | List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1873, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., p. 1 |
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| Accession number | 5-1873 |
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| Record created | September 16, 2008 |
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