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Unknown Maker, Italian

Brooch with Pittura d’Ago (Needle Painting) of the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Italian

Culture

Italian

Title

Brooch with Pittura d’Ago (Needle Painting) of the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Year

ca. 1880s-90s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silk, gold, glass

Dimensions

3.8 x 5.6 cm (1 1/2 x 2 3/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Lyra Brown Nickerson

Object Number

16.602

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Pilgrims of Beauty
Art and Inspiration in 19th-Century Italy
Feb 03, 2012 – Jul 08, 2012

Label copy

The variety of Grand Tour souvenir objects, which were often decorated with views of Italy’s ancient ruins and distinctive buildings, increased in the 19th century. Large and elaborate micro-mosaics appeared on furniture, snuff-boxes, and plaques, while smaller ones could be inserted by a jeweler in gold settings to create brooches, buttons, bracelets, or necklaces. The mosaic workshop of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome trained generations of skilled Italian craftsmen in the construction of these tiny vignettes. The brooch offering a view of the Rialto Bridge, resembling a micro-mosaic but actually made of embroidered silk, may be a product of the Venetian lace industry.

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Unknown Maker, Italian
Brooch with Pittura d’Ago (Needle Painting) of the Rialto Bridge, Venice, ca. 1880s-90s
Silk, gold, and glass
3.8 x 5.6 cm (1 1/2 x 2 3/16 inches)
Bequest of Lyra Brown Nickerson 16.602

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