revetment
Object NameWall Revetment Panel
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Rome
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique, repolished
SizeOverall W: 4.2 cm, D: 4.2 cm, Th: 0.7 cm
Accession Number66.1.105
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent amethyst glass in an opaque white matrix, pitted, thick iridescent film on edges and back, repolished recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Irregular fragment preserves a repetitive pattern of opaque white rods cased with a thin amethyst layer clustered together to form a central rosette of seventeen elements, this in turn is cased by a wide opaque white band alternating with two narrow amethyst bands and two narrow opaque white, the resulting polygonal cane forms an overall cell-like decorative pattern.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1966
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
