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This box is an interesting hybrid of gothic and classical ornament: the openwork is executed in the late gothic style whereas the fanlight motif at both ends of the lid and the engraved patterns on the ivory fillets are classical. Although Gothic tastes died hard in Venice, this casket was most likely assembled from old pieces of wood in an Italian or French workshop at a much later date.","physicalDescription":"Coffrett of Boxwood with brass handle, carved in openwork with engraved ivory fillets.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"boxwood","id":"AAT12002"},{"text":"ivory","id":"AAT11857"},{"text":"brass","id":"AAT10946"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Carved openwork boxwood, engraved ivory fillets, wrought brass handle","categories":[{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Woodwork","id":"THES48877"},{"text":"Medieval and renaissance","id":"THES271264"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AE6149","2006AE6157"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"005","id":"THES299196"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Box","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"France","id":"x28849"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"Thought on acquisition to have been made in Venice"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1500-ca. 1860","earliest":"1495-01-01","latest":"1864-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Width","value":"12.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"31.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"When the object was acquired in 1869, only two dimensions were given: Length 1 ft 1/2 inch; Width 5 inches.","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought in 1869 from M. Baur of Paris for £12.\n\nBy way of comparison see also boxwood 'filigree' combs, likely to have been made from the 15th century until at least the 17th century; often associated with SE France.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Box wood coffret; France or Venice; ca. 1500 & ca. 1860","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>The South Kensington Museum, examples of the works of art in the museum and of the decorations of the building : with brief descriptions</u> / [by the Victoria and Albert Museum].  1881\n\n'BOX OR SMALL COFFER\r\nWOOD AND IVORY\r\nNo. 532-1869\r\n\r\nA rather remarkable specimen of the peculiar work not uncommon in the north of Italy from about the middle of the fifteenth to the middle of the sixteenth century. This casket is probably Venetian about the year 1500, and is made of olive-wood. The top is arched or cylindrical, and the whole is decorated with reticulations pierced right through, alternately long and short but not over half an inch in the longest of these dimensions. This pattern work without exactly following the cuspings of English fifteenth century tracery has much the same general effect. The panels are divided by crossing bands of ivory, engraved with lines in simple knots.\r\nThe box measures five inches by six inches and a half.\n\r\nBought for 12l.'\n\n21.G.41\r\n"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Ancient and Modern Furniture &amp; Woodwork in the South Kensington Museum,  described with an introduction by John Hungerford Pollen, (London, 1874), p. 31\n\n'Box. Box wood, carved in openwork with ivory fillets. Italian, Venetian. 16th century. 5 in. by 6 1/2 in. Bought, 12<i>l</i>. \nThis little chest or box has an arched or cylindrical top, and is of olive wood pierced right through with reticulations alternately long and short, but not over half an inch in the longest of these dimensions. This pattern work leaves the dividing edges of wood sharp as a knife. Without exactly following the cuspings of our 15th century tracery, it has much the same general effect. Paper gilt, in patterns, lines the inside, showing through the holes. This, if modern, as it probably is, replaces something very similar, as paper will be found in many of these small boxes of Italian work. The whole is divided by crossing bands about a quarter of an inch in width, of ivory engraved with lines in simple knots. The same kind of work may be found on crosses, combs, and other small objects in box or other hard white woods. The style of ornament derives its origin from Greek traditions, and has probably been worked in the hills of Southern Italy.'\r\n"}],"production":"This box is hybrid of Classical and Gothic which could have been assembled from old woods as late as the 1860s.","productionType":{"text":"Unique","id":"THES48864"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["532-1869"],"accessionNumberNum":"532","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1869,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-16","recordCreationDate":"2005-11-15","availableToBook":true}}