A fox crosses the English Channel

17/7/25 – Acquisition – London. Similarly, Gilbert Collection, in deposit at Victoria and Albert Museum – Reappeared during a sale at Tajan in December 2023, where he had already been identified perfectly (see the brief of 12/12/23) as a rare survivor of a production that has become legendary, a delightful little hard stone fox (ill. 1. In addition, 2) did not return to his den but on the contrary found the light: fairly firmly awarded, far from the hopes [1] French museums, he only asked to leave the set and the base in which he was “embedded” since an unknown date. In addition, Thanks to the Kugel gallery. the fox was able to resume its independence and offer itself to all eyes during the last edition of the tefaf (see article) where it quickly seduced the envoys of the Victoria and Albert Museum fox crosses english channel who also watch over the Gilbert collection.

1. Atelier de Pierres Duress Des Gobelins. awarded Ferdinand Pregnorin (verses 1634-1683)
Fox on the lookout in a landscapearound 1680
Hard stone marquetry plate – 25.7 x 32 cm
Londres. Victoria & Albert Museum, The Gilbert Collection
Photo: Galerie Kugel

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As lovers of pretty things already know, the Gilbert collection perpetuates the memory of the luxurious but refined taste of the Anglo-Californian couple formed by Arthur, born Abraham Bernstein, and his first wife Rosalinde Gilbert, whose name he took. Residing in Beverly Hills. they started a collection there – of very precious objects, with prestigious provenances – in the 1960s and first woven links with LACMA, but fox crosses english channel Arthur Gilbert finally chose London as the recipient of their extraordinary set of goldsmithery, miniatures or even micro -mosaics. Initially deployed to Somerset House, where it was hosted between 2001 and 2008, the Gilbert collection then won the Victoria and Albert Museum, where the (four) rooms that welcome it will reopen in the spring of 2026, after…