Book Cover thumbnail 1
Book Cover thumbnail 2
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On loan
  • On short term loan out for exhibition

This object consists of 3 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Book Cover

1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rectangular copy of a book cover

Object details

Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Book Cover
  • Plaque
  • Plaque
Materials and techniques
Electorformed copper, electrogilded
Brief description
Three electrotype reproductions made by Giovanni Franchi & Son of Clerkenwell, London in 1855 of of a 6th-century, Byzantine book cover, the original in the Louvre, Paris,
Physical description
Rectangular copy of a book cover
Dimensions
  • Part c height: 35.8cm
  • Part c width: 17.1cm
  • Part c depth: 0.6cm
Production typeCopy
Production
Electrotype reproduction
Collection
Accession number
REPRO.1855-5

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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