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He perfected the use of ivory and mother-of-pearl or shell, with ebony or other strongly coloured woods, and small accent pieces of hardstones such as the malachite used on this piece.  The authorities of the South Kensington Museum (as the V&A was known until 1899) bought this mirror directly from the 1878 Paris Exhibition, at which Gatti exhibited.","physicalDescription":"Mirror frame surmounted by a shallow, segmental pediment, veneered in ebony, inlaid with engraved ivory,abalone shell and malachite, the lower apron of the frame with an oval plaque of ivory engraved with a building","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Gatti, Giovanni Battista","id":"A14605"},"association":{"text":"designer and maker","id":"x34662"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"ebony","id":"AAT12055"},{"text":"ivory","id":"AAT11857"},{"text":"abalone","id":"AAT11833"},{"text":"hardstone","id":"x37572"},{"text":"malachite (mineral)","id":"AAT11123"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"inlay (process)","id":"AAT53850"},{"text":"engraving (incising)","id":"AAT53829"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Ebony, inlaid with engraved ivory, abalone and malachite","categories":[{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"},{"text":"Frames","id":"THES48949"}],"styles":[{"text":"Renaissance Revival","id":"AAT21464"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AV2737"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"A","id":"THES304292"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Mirror","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Rome (city)","id":"x29106"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1878","earliest":"1878-01-01","latest":"1878-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"Giovanni Battista Gatti was born in 1816 in Faenza, worked for a while in Florence and Rome, before establishing his workshop in Faenza in the 1870s, dying in 1889. He was a pupil of the famous intarsiatore (inlay worker or maker of marquetry) Falcini, who worked in Florence and had a widespread reputation. Gatti specialized in marquetry that included mother-of-pearl, ivory, enamel and pietre dure (hardstones).  Much of his work was of small size and he appears not to have had other staff or apprentices so his production remained small and his prices high. In 1881 he developed problems with his eyes and had to cease work.In 1867, at the Paris Exposition Internationale he was awarded a diplome d'honneur. He also won awards at the exhibitions of 1873 (Vienna) and 1878 (Paris). He also exhibited at London (1862), Dublin (1865) and Rome (1878)."}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"72.25","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"47.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions taken from working catalogue.  Not checked on object","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Mirror, the frame veneered in ebony, inlaid with ivory, shell and malachite","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Enrico Colle, <u>Il Mobile dell'Ottocento in Italia</u>. Milan: Electa, 2007, illus. p.392.  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