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Panel (cover for an album)

Plaque
ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mallet (artist)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

This Panel was made by Mallet in France (Paris), ca. 1855. The panel which was intended to form part of a cover for an album, was bought from the Parisian firm of Mallet, who apparently specialised in decorative work in ivory in the mid-nineteenth century.


Object details

Categories
Plaques & Plaquettes
Sculpture
Object type
Plaque
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Panel
  • Plaque
  • Stone
TitlePanel (cover for an album) (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Marquetry of ivory and tortoise-shell, set with malachite, turquoise, and lapis-lazuli
Ivory
Tortoise-Shell
Malachite
Turquoise
Lapis-Lazuli
Marquetry
Brief description
Panel / plaque, marquetry of ivory and gemstones, for the cover of an album, by Mallet of Paris, France (Paris), ca. 1855
Physical description
Pierced ivory strapwork; marquetry of ivory and tortoise-shell, set with malachite, turquoise, and lapis-lazuli.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.3cm
  • Width: 21.2cm
Object history
Plaque for the cover of an album. Bought at Paris Exhibition, 1855, £12.
Summary
This Panel was made by Mallet in France (Paris), ca. 1855. The panel which was intended to form part of a cover for an album, was bought from the Parisian firm of Mallet, who apparently specialised in decorative work in ivory in the mid-nineteenth century.
Bibliographic references
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1856. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 43
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 270, p. 279
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
2645:1-1856

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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