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Victoria and Albert MuseumVictoria and Albert Museum
Identifier
LOAN:GILBERT.457:1 to 3-2008
Acquisition
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Depiction
  • Floral motif 66%
  • Floral motif 52%
  • Floral motif 64%
  • Floral motif 39%
  • Floral motif 53%
  • Vegetal motif 38%
  • Geometrical motif 39%
  • Geometrical motif 34%
Dimension
1.2 cm (height)
10.7 cm (length)
7.2 cm (width)
Production time
1840~
19th century (dates CE)
Production place
Geneva

Description

Rectangular enamelled gold notebook, both covers and spine engraved with strapwork, foliage and flowers in opaque white and translucent green. Each cover is set with a hinged reserve, one painted with three ladies and a gentleman picnicking, opening to reveal a watch with a white enamel dial set on a gold plate; the other is painted with country girls, a child and a young man, and conceals a miniature, under glass, of the Palais Royale in Paris, lined in grey silk and containing notepaper, each edge with three rings through which an engraved gold pencil slides to close the notebook. 6. Notebook with picnic scene, about 1840 Museum no. Loan:Gilbert.457:1, 2-2008 [16/11/2016] Rectangular gold enamelled notebook with a watch, and glazed miniature, Geneva, ca. 1840 The hinged plaque on one cover opens to reveal a watch with an enamel dial, whilst the other conceals a miniature of the Palais Royale, in Paris. 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.

The data contained in ADASilk comes from the archives of Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, CDMT Terrassa, Europeana, Gallica, Garín 1820, Joconde Database of French Museum Collections, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mobilier International, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Musée des Tissus, Musei di Venezia, Museo de Arte Sacro El Tesoro de la Concepción, Paris Musées, Red Digital de Colecciones de Museos de España, Rhode Island School of Design, Sicily Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian, Versailles, Victoria and Albert Museum. The Virtual Loom and Spatio-Temporal Maps visualizations have been developed by Universitat de Valencia. ADASilk is based on a generic exploratory search engine for knowledge graphs being developed at EURECOM and includes scientific contributions from Universitat de Valencia, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Lyon 2, Universita Degli Studi di Palermo, GARIN 1820 S.A., Institut Jozef Stefan, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Monkeyfab, and Instituto Cervantes.

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