London, mid-19th C., Marked "2545/ D. BRUCCIANI & CO / LONDON" on base.
32"h x 12"dia
Provenance: Property formerly in the collection of Ian and Carolina Irving, The Famous and Well Known Textile Designer and Taste Maker, Some Featured in World of Interiors, Vogue, House and Garden, Elle Decor and Various Other Shelter Magazines
Domenico Brucciani was the most prolific maker of plaster casts, also known as a ‘formari’, in 19th-century Britain, constructing a network of fellow Italian émigré formatori from premises at Russel Street. The firm emerged during a period when the production of facsimiles in a range of media became a lucrative trade across Europe. D.Brucciani & Co. established strategic links with the British Museums and the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A Museums) supplying the casts for the internationally renowned Cast Courts of the V&A Museum. As approved suppliers for the Science and Art Department, part of the South Kensington System, the firm supplied their casts to educational institutions around the globe through their Catalogue of Casts for Schools.
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