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How was it made? Micromosaics

  • Last updated: 17 April 2024

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection includes some of the world's most spectacular Micromosaics. This film explores this astonishing technique through the recreation of a historic micromosaic, made from millimetre-thin canes of glass.

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Find out more about micromosaics from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection.

Background image: Hunting cup with sleeping dog, 1480 – 90, Venice. Museum no. Loan:Gilbert.544-2008. © The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Lavinia as Flora (detail), micromosaic, Luigi Moglia, about 1830, Italy. Museum no. LOAN:GILBERT.886:1,2-2008. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London