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It carried political meaning in support of the social movements leading to the unification of Italy. An inscription on the back of the work’s frame states it was made at Porta Constant Mosaic Manufactory in Rome, about which little is known.\n\nRosalinde and Arthur Gilbert formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. The Gilbert Collection has been in the care of the V&amp;A since 2008.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Rectangular micromosaic picture of a young woman dressed in peasant clothing in a field with ruins in the distance, after \"The Young Harvester\" by A.M. Jaspe y Moscoso. She stands in left profile and holding out her arm, drops grain into a container on the ground in front of her. 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The first micromosaics were created in the 18th century, but it was not until Arthur Gilbert himself became interested in collecting them and invented the term 'micromosaics' that they became known as such. The tesserae are minute pieces cut from thin pieces of glass known as smalti filati, and some of the finest micomosaics can consist of as many as 1500 tesserae per square centimetre. By the late 18th century Rome had become central to the production of micromosaics and sold them as souvenirs to wealthy foreigners visiting the city. From small elegant snuffboxes to large monumental tabletops, micromosaics could be used to decorate objects of all shapes and sizes. They could even be made to resemble full-sized canvas paintings, and indeed Arthur Gilbert himself mistook his very first micromosaic for a painting. When he brought it home to show his wife, he had to convince her that it was not in fact a cracked painting, as she supposed, but a mosaic.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Rectangular micromosaic panel depicting a young woman in a field. Porta Constant Mosaic Manufactory, Rome, 1883-1899.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Avery, Charles, assisted by Arthur Emperatori. <u>Mosaics from the Gilbert Collection: summary catalogue</u>. Exhibition catalogue Victoria & Albert Museum. London: H.M.S.O. 1975, cat. no. 26."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Gabriel, Jeanette Hanisee with contributions by Anna Maria Massinelli and essays by Judy Rudoe and Massimo Alfieri. <u>Micromosaics: The Gilbert Collection</u>. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with The Gilbert Collection, 2000. 310 p., ill. Cat. no. 63, p. 122. 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