Gilbert Collection at Somerset House

A House Of Splendor

Address:

Somerset House Strand - Putney
WC2R1LA - Covent Garden/Holborn
London

Nearest Bus or Train:

Knightsbridge

Open Hours:

10a-6p M-Su

This incredible collection of decorative arts is one of the most important bequests ever made to the British nation. A gift from Sir Arthur Gilbert, a Londoner who moved to California in 1949, and handed over the collection to the nation in 1996. The collection consists of European silver, gold snuff boxes and treasures as well as Italian mosaics. The collection also showcases, masterpieces by Paul de Lamerie, Paul Storr, and other leading English and Continental artists. Check out the royal gates from a monastery in Kiev, an Indian Maharaja's silver elephant chair, as well as a 16th century jewelled partridge from Nuremberg. Plus many, many more interesting artifacts!

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